Word: itemizes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Phantom Decision. Even before she left home, Mrs. Meir was able to scratch half an item off her list. The Israeli air force, which has lost nine of the 50 U.S. Phantom jet fighter-bombers bought during the Johnson Administration, has asked for 25 more. Last week the Pentagon leaked the news that Israel would be allowed to buy 16 or 18 additional Phantoms. The Arabs, who regard the highly effective Phantoms as the symbol of U.S. "imperialism" in the Middle East, were predictably angry. The Egyptians accused the U.S. of undermining the cease-fire agreement by causing "military escalation...
...Naturally we were very pleased that TIME chose to illustrate an item on California's population problems [July 27] with one of the "PotShots" postcards created, copyrighted and published by this company, even if you didn't give us any credit for it. Lest it be thought, however, that in saying, "It's really quite a simple choice: life, death or Los Angeles," we have despaired of California altogether, let me point out that there is another card in the same series that says, "There may be no heaven anywhere, but somewhere there is a San Francisco...
...Boston lady marched along chained to an oversize paper typewriter; in Berkeley, women wore pots and pans strapped to their backs. New Orleans States-Item women reporters ran engagement announcements with pictures of the groom-to-be instead of the bride-to-be. In Los Angeles, women at a rally donned Nixon masks and handed out flyers that read, "Thank you, women of America-by receiving low pay, paying those high, high prices and by increasing unemployment, you are valiantly contributing to my fight against inflation...
...scale (still functional), a large wall sign advertising PIERCE BROTHERS/ FUNERAL PARKING ONLY/ALL OTHERS WILL BE TOWED AWAY AT OWNER'S EXPENSE, and a big old copper shoeshine stand. Gould has resolved to amass a private collection of film classics, but his only acquisition thus far is a dubious item called The Monkey, which he unreels for son Jason. Also militating against the success of the Gould film library is the fact that its founder and chief benefactor becomes easily intimidated by the intricacies of threading the movie projector...
Possible Offers. Under the terms of the truce agreement, the Jarring talks will be indirect negotiations, each side meeting separately with the U.N. diplomat. His job will be to receive both Arab and Israeli delegations and to explain each one's position to the other. One item of early business is certain to be an exchange of prisoners. Israel is eager to secure the return of its 16 Nationals held as prisoners of war (twelve by Egypt, three by Syria and one by Al-Fatah in Jordan). Israel is holding 119 Arabs, including two prominent Algerians taken last week...