Word: opinionated
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Jews like to say that when three of them get together they have four opinions, but last May many American Jews tended to agree on one point: the upset victory of Menachem Begin 's hard-line Likud coalition in Israel was bad news. Looking on the new Premier as a superhawk, they generally feared that his intransigence over Israel's borders and Palestinian demands for a homeland might bring on a break with Washington and a fifth war with the Arabs. Since Begin took office, however, there has been a remarkable change in opinion. Most American Jews...
...Menachem Begin, Israel's new Premier, Carter digested his book The Revolt. By the time they parted, Carter liked Begin for his intellect and warm manner. But Begin returned home and announced that three Israeli settlements on captured Arab territory would be legally recognized. The President's opinion of Begin plummeted. Now Carter is not very trusting...
Carter must sell the treaty not only to the Senate but also to a public that may need a good deal of persuading. An Opinion Research Corporation poll of 1,100 Americans conducted before the new agreement was initialed showed that 78% wanted to keep the canal, whereas only 14% favored ceding it to Panama. Of course, those figures could change drastically now that a treaty is in sight...
...German citizen over for foreign prosecution, and the Justice Ministry said that this applied even though Kappler was a war criminal. Nor was there much chance that Germany itself would prosecute Kappler. Despite a vigorous re-examination of the Nazi era in books and film (see following story), German opinion has favored his release because of his illness; the government itself requested clemency last year for the same reason...
...posed and interviewed the opposite sex for his upcoming sequel Scavullo Men. What's left? Dogs. Scavullo, 47, is now shooting formal portraits of everybody's favorite collie, Lassie, the sixth descendant of the original, who about to star in a new movie. In Scavullo's opinion Lassie is very well groomed and a sal looker, "right up there ith Barbra Streisand." The dog also a photographer's dream. You don't have to worry Dout clothes, makeup or hair," says Scavullo. "Everything is taken care...