Word: helpfulness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Gaza. The next step would be to announce our preference for a territorial compromise that will comprise two major elements?the principle of withdrawal from sections of the West Bank on the one hand and secure boundaries for Israel on the other. I believe the principle of withdrawal would help other Arabs to come in and join the peace process, and the principle of defensible borders for Israel will cover the main concern of Israel. I already told President Sadat that we have no desire for foreign [peace-keeping] forces...
...combat match at all for Israeli forces. To make up for the huge losses Syria suffered in the 1973 war (7,000 men, 600 tanks and 165 aircraft), the 230,000-man army has been rebuilt and re-equipped by the Soviets, with the help of 2,000 to 3,000 Russian advisers. "The Soviets have turned Syria into a huge weapons depot," says one Western military analyst. "But it's an embarrassment of outdated hardware. This means that the Syrian army's combat capability is very inefficient. About all they can do is defend...
...Syrian President has tried to steer a middle course between the superpowers. He has paid cash for Soviet arms and welcomed Soviet help in building the Euphrates Dam (which will probably not be fully operational for another decade because of major flaws in planning). But Assad has parted company with the Soviets over their policy in Ethiopia, where he continues to support the breakaway Eritrean rebels. He also has improved relations with Washington, which allocated his government $90 million in aid this year. Recently, Assad opened up Syria's northeast oil region to two American companies?a sign, some aides...
...government did not help improve the white mood by announcing last week that the country, thanks to the war costs and the continuing economic sanctions, faced a whopping deficit of $425 million in the next fiscal year. As a result, Rhodesia's 80,000 taxpayers?almost all of them whites?will be required to contribute an extra 12½% of their incomes to the government in the form of war loans that are theoretically repayable in three years?well after the date of independence...
Such family nurture is the province of the Mormon woman. "Because they are expected to be a mother of eight, a charming hostess, the perfect housekeeper with no help, and supportive of their husbands in all things, there's a lot of stress," says Mormon Housewife Mona Daniels. The church is honoring its women with a new sculpture garden at a restored village in Nauvoo, Ill., one of the Midwestern communities where raging mobs drove out the Mormons in the mid-19th century after Prophet Smith was shot to death. Despite the gesture, the church is adamantly opposed...