Word: premier
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Jerusalem. Last Wednesday, exactly 26 days later, Egyptian and Israeli delegates were sitting down together in a Cairo conference room, in the very shadow of the pyramids, to lay the groundwork for full-scale peace talks. At the very moment that the session was being called to order, Israeli Premier Menachem Begin was headed for Washington to meet with President Carter, a sudden summit conference arranged in a matter of hours at Begin's request. After two meetings with Carter-one early Friday, one late Saturday-Begin said that he would confer with Sadat in Egypt within the next...
...historic Mena House hotel, shook hands, laughed and sat down to talk at a round table in the ornate Rubaiyat room. As is the case with so many events in the Middle East today, the participants hardly seemed able to believe where they were or what they were doing. Premier Begin joined in the euphoric mood. Before leaving for Washington, he had greeted an Israeli negotiator by telephone: "Shalom, shalom, how is the weather in Cairo? Sunny and cold?" The Israeli shouted in delight that he could see the pyramids. "Look at them, you had a part in [building] them...
Soares and his Cabinet will remain in office as a caretaker regime until the President, General António Ramalho Eanes, names a new Premier to form a government. If a government cannot be formed, new elections must be called. One possibility is that Eanes will ask Soares himself-or possibly an independent-to form a government made up largely of technocrats. Such a nonpolitical Cabinet might be able to fashion an economic salvation plan that the parties would have to accept if a strong case was made that the future of the country was at stake. In any case...
...since the deposition and death of Ethiopia's Haile Selassie. Sweltering in the 100° heat and 90% humidity, the guests, in morning coats and Parisian gowns, struggled to attention as a voice boomed out over the loudspeaker: "Sa Majesté Impériale, I'Empereur Bokassa Premier...
...visitor, recognizing the smiling redhead in the lobby of the Havana Riviera hotel. It was indeed Shirley MacLaine, autographing napkins for guests and talking up her new film, The Turning Point. Would she have a chance to meet Fidel Castro? "Oh, I'll see him at the Cuban premiere of my picture -the Premier at the premiere, I guess-tomorrow night. That's at the Carlos Marx theater." As it happened, Fidel did not catch the flick but caught the star, inviting her to the Palace of the Revolution, where they sipped daiquiris...