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...absolutely wrong to say that I led a bloc of OPEC hardliners, since Iran played a neutral role during the meeting...
Sullivan told a handful of reporters that he had considered naming proponents and opponents of the research and some neutral citizens to the review committee. But he said such a committee would resemble a "debating society" with antagonists attempting to sway neutral members...
...naming his own vice-presidential choice early, Reagan hoped to goad Ford into doing the same. Ford told TIME that there is "a possibility" he will reveal his decision before the convention. Much of the speculation centered on former Texas Governor John Connally. Connally, long stubbornly neutral in the Ford-Reagan battle, flew off to Washington the day Reagan announced his choice of Schweiker. Reagan, he had long ago concluded, was an intellectual and political lightweight who had now made a bad miscalculation...
...houses in such places as Syria, Egypt and Kuwait. Even though there are no postal links between Israel and Arab nations, Doctor has received some 15,000 letters in the past five years; they are either brought into the Israeli-occupied West Bank by Arab visitors or mailed through neutral third countries. In a typical note, a Jordanian named Kasim Abu Abas complained of dizziness and a pain near his eyes. "I'm afraid it's cancer," he wrote. The Israeli specialist disagreed, explaining the trouble was probably a benign growth pressing on nerves; it could be treated...
...Neutral. Moreover, there was the increasingly alarming role played by Amin, who has been a vociferous champion of Arab causes since 1972, when he abruptly severed relations with Israel. (In return, Uganda has received generous financial aid from such Arab states as Libya, Kuwait and Algeria.) From the time the skyjackers landed at Entebbe, Amin had scarcely acted like a neutral participant in the drama. He described the skyjackers' demands as "very reasonable," and advised the Israeli hostages to "tell your government to solve the Palestinian problem...