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...need for an early resumption of the Geneva conference, through which the Soviets might recoup some of the Middle East influence they lost last year when Sadat turned to the West for support and Kissinger scored his disengagement successes. Moreover, Sadat knows he must not move too quickly lest he seem to be abandoning Syria, his principal ally in the October war. For his part, Syrian President Hafez Assad, whose forces have already been resupplied by the Soviets, believes he has a better chance of getting a satisfactory peace settlement for his country through a Geneva conference than through bilateral...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MIDDLE EAST: Another Week of Rhetoric and War Jitters | 12/30/1974 | See Source »

...Here they are provided by Yul Brynner, the worn adventurer who never comprehends that it is not his reign but its interruptions that grant him stature. With a strange accent that suggests all nations and an abiding virility, Brynner gives the musical its few seconds of truth and vitality. Lest they endure, Joan Diener, as Penelope, always manages to shriek them to a close. In Homer's Odyssey, the goddess Circe changes the hero's shipmates into swine. In this Odyssey the manufacturers have exceeded her feat; they have taken a masterpiece and turned it into...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: Frieze Dried | 12/30/1974 | See Source »

Terrible Decision. This is not a book on code breaking. Winterbotham passes over the mechanics of Enigma to deal with the Allied use of its output. Dissemination of Ultra intelligence had to be limited to only a few senior commanders, lest the Germans (and later the Japanese, who also used Enigma machines) should discover the awful truth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Ne Plus Ultra | 12/9/1974 | See Source »

While The Crimson's extensive reporting of Nieman Foundation seminars in the week of November 4th was generally accurate, I should offer some clarifications lest your readers misunderstand our procedures...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NIEMAN FELLOWS | 11/27/1974 | See Source »

Palestinian leaders, on the other hand, are pleading with Hussein not to move against Palestinians in his kingdom until an independent state is set up. Privately, both the Egyptians and the Saudis have urged the King to move slowly lest it appear that he is trying to force the Palestinians to opt for Jordan and against the P.L.O. Nothing, of course, would please Washington and Jerusalem more than if a majority of Palestinians did in fact side with the King and reject the fedayeen organization. The Israelis, who remain adamant about not dealing with terrorists on any matter whatsoever, hope...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MIDDLE EAST: Guns and Olive Branches | 11/25/1974 | See Source »

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