Word: jordaning
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...close of their conversations in the White House last week, President Reagan and his guest, King Hussein of Jordan, stepped out into the Rose Garden for an impromptu press conference. The President wished Hussein well in his search for a Middle East peace settlement. The King responded with words that amounted more to a policy statement than a formal farewell. As the result of his recent talks with Yasser Arafat, the chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization, Hussein declared, "we are willing to negotiate, within the context of an international conference, a peaceful settlement on the basis of the pertinent...
According to Marks, Dean of Students Archie C. Epps III was "instrumental" in many of the summer theater members' low-cost housing at the Jordan...
...Israeli swimwear market. Worldwide, it sells more than a million premium-priced pieces a year, from brightly colored suits ($48 to $240) to coordinated cover-ups such as shorts, oversize shirts and tunics ($16 to $250). Gottex's stylish products can be found on beaches in 63 countries, including Jordan and Lebanon where they appear without the "Made in Israel" label. They cover some celebrated bodies, from Diana, Princess of Wales, and Spain's Queen Sofia to Elizabeth Taylor and Brooke Shields. Once when Henry Kissinger was in Jerusalem negotiating peace between the Arabs and Israel, his wife Nancy...
...fierce resistance. After several days of combat, an estimated 350 people had been killed and nearly 1,600 wounded. Amal Leader Nabih Berri asserted that P.L.O. Chairman Yasser Arafat had provoked the clashes in order to stage a "theatrical return to the south, something we will not permit." In Jordan, where he had been meeting with King Hussein, Arafat called for an end to the battle, which he blamed on his enemies the Syrians...
Amid the mayhem, Jordan's King Hussein was continuing his efforts to win U.S. support for the wider Middle East peace initiative he launched with Arafat in February. Last week, after meeting with Arafat in Amman, the King flew to Cairo to brief Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on progress. This week Hussein arrives in Washington for discussions with President Reagan. His aim: to win Washington's backing for talks between U.S. officials and a joint Jordanian Palestinian peace delegation. Such a meeting would be followed, according to Hussein's plan, by direct Arab-Israeli negotiations over the future...