Word: gulf
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...toward a Sinai settlement. The Egyptians reportedly suggested that the Israelis could keep their settlements in the Rafah salient of the northern Sinai for a limited time (the exact period to be decided later), as part of a U.N. buffer zone, and retain their settlements along the Gulf of Aqaba?but only under Egyptian rule, as Cairo's "welcome guests." More important, the Egyptians seemed ready to allow Israel to keep its big military airbase at Etzion and continue using the military airbase at Eitam as a civilian airfield. Weizman took the proposals home with him for Begin's Cabinet...
...could get the legislation to President Carter's desk by April or May. Even after that it would still take the Interior Department months to set up a new Georges Bank lease sale. Meanwhile, sales scheduled for later this year of leases off the Georgia coast and in the Gulf of Mexico may also be delayed...
There is no reason why oilfields and fisheries cannot coexist. Long and extensive oil production in the Gulf of Mexico has not harmed fishing; indeed, oil workers there often catch sizable fish from the drilling platforms. Nor have oil spills at sea hurt fishing. The fishing recovered quickly from the 1967 Torrey Canyon spill off the coast of England; studies by marine biologists reveal that last year's massive Argo Merchant oil spill, which occurred in midwinter when high winds were able to disperse the oil, caused little damage to Georges Bank...
...Asian continental shelf. That could mean trouble, since these claims conflict with those made by nearly all of China's neighbors, including Japan and the Philippines. Though South Korea and Taiwan have granted exploration rights in the Yellow and East China seas to several U.S. companies, including Gulf and Amoco, the U.S. Government has cautioned American companies to keep their research craft away from the disputed areas for fear that China might seize...
...could prove to be a mini-Viet Nam for the Russians even though, as the second most populous nation in black Africa (pop. 29 million), it offers them a more attractive springboard than Somalia from which to jump into African affairs and establish a strong presence along the Persian Gulf tanker routes...