Word: panning
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...selling out the Arab cause but is working for an overall settlement. Sadat has been disappointed that the Saudis, whose economic support is crucial to Egypt, have not publicly endorsed the Camp David accords. In truth they have been giving him some behind-the-scenes help. At a pan-Arab summit conference in Baghdad, which was convened by Iraq to counter the peace initiative, Saudi Crown Prince Fahd told the other delegates: "An attack on Sadat or Egypt will be considered an attack on Saudi Arabia." He went along with a pro forma condemnation of Camp David, but fought...
...this could now change. Last week Pan American's Intercontinental Hotels subsidiary signed a preliminary pact with the Chinese to build six or seven hotels, each with 500 to 1,000 rooms. At least one hotel will be in Peking; others may rise in Shanghai, Canton, and perhaps in the lakeside resort town of Hangchow and the country's ancient capital of Sian...
...South Africa, you can spot pretty well those black organizations which are saying the things that will have mass support. It's not always those who have the largest numbers on their membership lists at the moment. In South Africa it would be the African National Congress (ANC), the Pan-Africanist Congress (PAC), and the Black People's Convention...
...impressed his boss. "He is the kind of guy the President likes," remarked one Cabinet member. Says Kahn: "He is the President and has the right to make a judgment, and I have the right to disagree with it, which I do." One time, the CAB had recommended giving Pan American World Airways nonstop flights between Dallas-Fort Worth and London. Carter awarded the route to Braniff Airways. Kahn publicly disputed the ruling and considered resigning. "Then I counted to 24," he recalls, "and decided to stay because I was having such a good time." Kahn's wit makes...
...called by Iraq to counter the Camp David accords, Syrian President Hafez Assad flew to the Iraqi capital for a reconciliation with President Ahmed Hassan Bakr. Syria and Iraq have been enemies for years, largely because their governments are run by feuding branches of the Baath (resurrection) party, a pan-Arab movement founded some 40 years ago. Iraq's ruling Revolutionary Command Council holds the hard-line view that the U.S. lacks the will or the power to put enough pressure on Israel to restore Arab rights in the occupied territories. Therefore, the Iraqis reason, the Arabs must...