Word: luxembourg
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Sadat had been invited to address the European Parliament in Luxembourg. With customary acumen, he seized the occasion to endorse a Middle East peace initiative the European leaders had agreed upon at their summit in Venice last June. But it was a qualified endorsement; he emphasized that the European effort should supplement rather than supplant the Camp David peace accords between Egypt and Israel. When an Italian Communist deputy held up a placard reading NO TO CAMP DAVID! Sadat departed from his text to say, with a smile, "I have not come here to sell Camp David...
...with growing concern the unprecedented buildup of Soviet forces along the Polish border," and urged that the Poles be allowed "to work out their internal difficulties without outside interference." Warned the President: "Foreign military intervention in Poland would have the most negative consequences for East-West relations." Meeting in Luxembourg, leaders of the European Community predicted "very serious consequences" if Poland were invaded. With a touch of Gaelic hyperbole, Irish Prime Minister Charles Haughey told journalists: " 'Very serious consequences' might be a euphemism for World...
...their future Queen; they are also concerned that the Prince produce a royal heir. The field is narrowing as eligible girls are married off. Religion also poses a problem in Britain. A constitutional change would be needed before Charles could marry a Catholic, like Princess Marie-Astrid of Luxembourg. The Princess has repeatedly been mentioned as a possible royal match, but quite apart from the religious bar, the two barely know each other...
...continued to boom after the line switched to nonstop jet service, which was still at cut rates. In 1977 Icelandic carried 240,000 passengers. But then came Freddie Laker's Skytrain flights and subsequent price slashing by the major airlines. Budget flyers could now skip both Reykjavik and Luxembourg and still save money. After losses of $15 million last year, Icelandair, its official name since 1979, slashed the number of transatlantic flights from 23 to 2 per week and laid off 900 of its 1,700 employees. Though it will continue European and domestic flights with a new Boeing...
Earlier this year Iceland's government gave the company a $5 million loan in the hope that the vacation season would get Icelandair aloft again. But the tourists did not return. The company also attempted a merger with Lux-air, Luxembourg's airline. That also failed to take off. Now Icelandair is negotiating to sell its elderly Boeing 727s to Yugoslavia, and it has leased its DC-10 to Air Florida. Like the flower children it once served, Icelandair is left mostly with memories...