Word: jordaning
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...aides and opponents alike. Whether or not he has reached a final, this-is-it decision in his own mind, he has been acting and talking like a candidate for months. Indeed, the Wall Street Journal reported that as long ago as last December, Reagan assured King Hussein of Jordan that "we will be partners for six more years." He is also said to have told Hussein that he knew his Middle East peace initiative would cost him Jewish votes but that he could win reelection without them. The White House has formally denied this story. Reagan has personally disavowed...
...Shultz to the region this week. His stated mission is to wrap up the withdrawal negotiations, but the hastily arranged trip is also an attempt to revive the President's moribund peace plan, according to which the Israeli-occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip would be linked to Jordan...
With a rosy flush of expectancy warming her cheeks, Queen Nur, 31, the American-born wife of Jordan's King Hussein, 47, has continued to fulfill her state commitments throughout the final six months of her pregnancy. The new royal baby, expected this week, will be the couple's third: they have two sons, Prince Hamzah, 3, and Prince Hashem, 22 months. Pregnancy, it appears, seems to suit the former Lisa Halaby almost as much as queenship does...
Nonetheless, Brzezinski's book is a far richer resource for historians than previously published accounts of the Carter period by Hamilton Jordan and Jimmy Carter himself. Cyrus Vance's Hard Choices, to be published June 17, is reported to be rather tame and gentlemanly...
...Arab leaders, such as President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt and Jordan's King Husein, have made clear to the Administration that Reagan's Middle East peace initiative is now virtually dead without prior agreement on a withdrawal of Israeli troops from Lebanon...