Word: momentum
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...present to return to any meetings of the Israeli-Egyptian Political Committee, which he had broken off last month. Worried U.S. officials delayed Sadat's departure from Camp David by an hour, while they argued that such an announcement would bring to a halt whatever peace momentum remained...
What holds the diverse sections together, in part, is the way the dancers perform. Visually the movement has a quality of matter-of-fact ease. Technically, this means movements are linked without transitions, or that, in Brown's words, "the preparation comes from the momentum of the preceding move." Some consider this convention of performance style among the avant-garde dehumanizing. On the contrary, it seems that performers often impose on themselves an impersonal constraint so that personal statement oozes through the pores of the discipline...
...effort to "boost the momentum for peace," Sadat set out last week on what was planned as a ten-day, eight-nation journey in search of support?diplomatic, military and moral. "A heavy and difficult job lies ahead," he said. His main destination, of course, after a brief stopover in Morocco, was Washington. Secretary of State Cyrus Vance was on hand, along with the red-uniformed Marine Band, to welcome the Egyptian leader to Andrews Air Force Base late Friday afternoon. Sadat, accompanied by his elegant wife, Jihan, his 21-year-old son, Gamal, and two of his six daughters...
...Some Arabs want me to say I regret my Jerusalem mission. No, I don't regret it. Let's hope that with Carter we can discuss giving momentum again in the spirit of my mission...
...Israelis. From Hussein's words of support for Sadat last week, and from the harsh criticism of Hussein by the Syrians, who oppose the Sadat initiative, it appeared that the Jordanian monarch might be on the verge of doing just that. With the peace initiative again gaining momentum, Sadat accepted a U.S. invitation to visit Washington this weekend for talks with President Carter. Begin is scheduled to visit the U.S. in late March or early April in connection with ceremonies marking Israel's 30th anniversary; the timetable for that trip might be advanced...