Word: joining
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...opening ceremony was short (15 minutes) and to the point. Carter welcomed the visiting delegates, called on Jordan's King Hussein and the Palestinians to join the peace process and emphasized that the current talks were merely the first step toward a comprehensive settlement involving Israel and all its Arab neighbors. Dayan, speaking for exactly one minute, declared: "It is our hope and belief that we have reached the stage in which we can finally conclude a peace treaty." In a 2½-rninute reply, Ali restated the determination of his government to achieve an overall settlement and once...
...once home to 600,000 Maronite Christians, rescue workers picked through the rubble in search of the dead and dying. Glassy-eyed survivors crept cautiously out of basement shelters, scurrying back to safety when Syrian snipers cut loose with automatic weapons. A number of would-be refugees, seeking to join the exodus that has emptied East Beirut of more than two-thirds of its residents, were mowed down by Syrian machine guns as they tried to cross the bridges leading to Christian strongholds outside the city. Five other people were wounded as they attempted to cross the "green line" separating...
...left the Bronx sidewalks for undergraduate distinction at Harvard and found a home there (with time off to earn a Ph.D. at Oxford). Philosophically, Professor Feldstein is eclectic: liberal enough to have been a counselor to Candidate Carter in '76, sufficiently conservative to have been invited to join President Ford's Council of Economic Advisers in '74 (he turned down the bid). At 38, Marty Feldstein is one of America's three or four brightest young economists, and already he heads the prestigious National Bureau of Economic Research...
...second two miles, Fitzsimmons worked his way through the hoi polloi to join his teammates, and the four blasted ahead of their competition to give the Herd an insurmountable advantage...
EVERY NEW David Bowie album including his latest, Stage, carries an invitation to join his Official International Fan Club slipped inside the record with the dust jacket. The offer promises all sorts of paraphernalia: the official David Bowie News, a personal membership card, a biography, a charter certificate (suitable for framing), a poster, and more...