Word: kinged
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...gathering and the sounds filtered up through the tall windows. As so often happens in such relaxed circumstances, the three men began to talk history. The last time a treaty between the people of Israel and of Egypt had been signed, Begin related, was 3,000 years ago. King Solomon had made an agreement with a Pharaoh. "I'll bet no one remembers the mediator," said Jimmy Carter...
...more radical Arab nations." Safran feels that while Saudi Arabia may appear to be siding with the Arab hard-liners against Egypt, "the Saudis will feel compelled to support the fait accompli, despite their carping." If Saudi Arabia becomes vocal in backing Egypt, Safran believes that Jordan's King Hussein might then stop equivocating about whether to endorse Cairo's treaty with Israel...
...immediate prospect for the Middle East is more Palestinian terrorism, more internal conflict within the P.L.O. and more pressure on the Arab moderates, notably Jordan's King Hussein, who is currently siding with Syria and the P.L.O. against Egypt. The only real solution to the region's prevailing instability lies in reaching some kind of settlement of the Palestinian problem in the West Bank and Gaza. But the negotiations toward that end, even if they eventually succeed, are certain to be slow and difficult...
...Shah flew to the Bahamas aboard a Royal Air Maroc 747, which had been made available by his reluctant host since January, Morocco's King Hassan II. U.S. officials actively assisted the Shah in finding a temporary new home. New Zealand, as well as some Latin American governments, were discreetly asked if they would receive the Shah as a permanent guest. Administration officials advised the Emperor that he would be welcome to settle in the U.S., but that Washington could not guarantee either his physical security or diplomatic immunity from legal actions taken against him by Iran...
...should. When the great director King Vidor made The Champ in 1931, he created a four-handkerchief corker; a fine cast (Wallace Beery, the young Jackie Cooper, Irene Rich) and Vidor's emotional restraint prevented a sugary story from caramelizing. This remake, directed by Franco Zeffirelli (Romeo and Juliet), is another matter entirely. By miscasting all three major roles, adding 35 minutes to the original film's running time and reaching for cheap effects, the director has gilded a lily and then shredded...