Word: marmon
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Stubbornly, Beirutis had continued to hope that somehow the madness would pass, that maybe the next ceasefire would not be shot down by the armed fanatics whose number seemed to be growing. Last week, reports TIME Correspondent William Marmon, "real panic gripped the city for the first time as the pattern of fighting changed abruptly and the remaining hopes were shattered. Previously, rival factions shot and shelled each other from fixed positions. The result was stalemate. Now leftist Moslem forces, spearheaded by a group called the Independent Nasserites, have launched an offensive to win a clear victory. Moving...
...Cairo interview with TIME Correspondent William Marmon, Foreign Minister Ismail Fahmy accused the Israelis of bad faith: "They are always like this. They want to bargain-on every level and in every direction. They link everything to what they can get from the U.S. and this is blackmail. They know they must be out of the passes, but they want a price. They are trying to gain time. They are looking at the internal situation in the U.S. trying to figure out if Ford is the strong man, if Kissinger can last, if the Congress will respond to their tactics...
Meanwhile Jerusalem Bureau Chief William Marmon went to see the Premier, whom he first met in Washington in 1973 when Rabin was Ambassador to the U.S. and about to return to Israel "to learn a little about politics." Marlin Levin, who predicted Rabin's rise seven years ago, joined Marmon for the interview. Levin has lived in Israel since its creation and contributed to 25 TIME cover stories on the Middle East. "The atmosphere here now," he recalls, "is much like it was back in November 1947. In those days, the Jews were worried about the state...
Jacketless and wearing an open-necked blue shirt, Israeli Premier Yitzhak Rabin last week discussed his country's problems with TIME Correspondents William Marmon and Marlin Levin in his spare, well-organized office in Tel Aviv. During the 90-minute interview, Rabin spoke slowly and methodically while chain-smoking from two different packs of local cigarettes...
...Cypriots have invested $300 million. Last year travelers from all over the world left $66 million on Cyprus, or 40% of the island's foreign-exchange earnings. This year the take had been expected to reach $90 million. "Our hearts are bleeding," Tourism Director-General Adonis Andronikou told Marmon. "This year would have been a record...