Word: planning
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...already elevated Mexico into the ranks of what National Security Adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski calls "the regional influentials," with an increasingly activist foreign policy. Last spring Mexico led the opposition that defeated a U.S. plan for an inter-American peace-keeping force to intervene in the uprising against Nicaragua's Anastasio Somoza Debayle; instead of supporting Washington's effort to find a compromise solution, Mexico broke relations with the dictator and recognized the revolutionary junta that soon overthrew...
...General Assembly, Secretary of State Cyrus Vance cited the clash and announced a U.S. initiative for a "broader truce" in southern Lebanon. The American plan had actually been hatching since late August, when a series of heavy bombings convinced State Department officials the time might be ripe. Washington policymakers felt the Israelis were concerned that reports of civilian casualties in Lebanon were undermining their support in the U.S. The P.L.O., riding the crest of a successful diplomatic wave, might be amenable to moderation. The Syrians were believed eager to withdraw some of their troops in the face of mounting political...
...specific step-by-step plan for the truce, nor was it seeking an all-parties truce conference involving direct negotiations between Israel and the P.L.O. "We're not that stupid," says an Administration source. "We will deal with the Israelis and the U.N., and we will deal with the Lebanese. The Lebanese will deal with the Palestinians and with the Christian militia...
Initial responses to the plan have been positive, though somewhat skeptical. The Israelis, for instance, have indicated they would abandon their policy of pre-emptive shelling if the P.L.O. would pledge similar restraint. Some faint hopes for broader cooperation between these two groups eventually were also raised by Israel's Foreign Minister, Moshe Dayan, who hinted in New York last week that Israel might even consider direct dealings with the P.L.O. one day. But only if it were to transform itself from a "military organization" into a "political framework," he was careful to insist...
...church in North Cambridge, Mass., had never before seemed so aptly named. Looking ahead to the coming winter, the priests were stunned to discover that their heating-oil bill for 1979 will make even the $12,000 they paid last year look like a bargain. To cut costs, they plan to close off the 1,100-seat main sanctuary during the cold months and hold services in the church chapel and chapel hall, which together can accommodate only 500 worshipers. Explains one priest: "It is simply a question of 45 gal. an hour to heat the big church against...