Word: jointly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...thick pencil. But if the Israelis had a claim to Taba, reply the Egyptians, why did they make no attempt to retain it when they overran and then withdrew from the Sinai following the 1948 and 1956 wars? Papouchado favors a Solomonic solution, suggesting that the two countries maintain joint control of Taba and that he be allowed to run his hotel in peace...
Amid the preparations for her joint television address Sunday night, Nancy Reagan carried her campaign against drugs to Harper's Ferry, W. Va., site of John Brown's 1859 rebellion. Calling drugs a "silent killer," she said they had the "potential of tearing our country apart, just like the Civil War did." Although most officials sincerely support that sentiment, even within the Administration there are some who are becoming cautious about turning the war on drugs into something resembling the Civil War's Wilderness Campaign, with a lot of frenetic and random shooting in all directions...
...peace that permits any part of Palestine to remain occupied is considered a threat. Negotiations are thus a spur, not a deterrent, to terror. Whenever a "peace scare" breaks out, terrorism increases, as King Hussein of Jordan is well aware. During the time he was trying to arrange for joint Jordanian- Palestinian negotiations with Israel, his diplomats in Ankara, Bucharest and Madrid were assassinated. The talks are off now, and Jordanians abroad are enjoying a rare respite from attack...
...full-scale diplomatic crisis immediately ensued. The Chinese and North Koreans were indignant: the South Koreans postponed a joint foreign ministers' meeting, and the South Korean press even suggested that Nakasone's upcoming visit to Seoul be canceled. In the wake of the uproar, the Prime Minister found a new, less outspoken Education Minister...
This coming Sunday evening the President and his wife will deliver a joint television address from the family quarters of the White House on the subject of drug abuse. "They wanted to do it together, from their home to our homes, as parents and friends, as well as the First Couple," said Spokesman Larry Speakes. By his noted powers of moral suasion, Reagan hopes to do nothing less than make drugs socially unacceptable...