Word: premier
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...surrender land captured during the Six-Day War], nor the demands for the establishment of a so-called Palestinian state, nor the repartition of Jerusalem." Begin also took a passing swipe at Israelis who feel his government owes Sadat some concrete token of friendship. "There is no doubt," the Premier observed, "that the greatest achievement is that we really said seriously to each other, 'No more...
Foreign anger has been sharpened because Japanese Premier Takeo Fukuda has been promising for months to slash the trade surplus, yet nothing has happened. Last week something finally did. Faced with the real possibility that the U.S. and Europe would take protectionist moves to block the flow of Japanese goods into their markets, the 72-year-old Fukuda carried out a sweeping reorganization of his government to deal with what he called "the worst economic crisis in Japan's postwar history...
...Premier suddenly fired all but one of his 22 Cabinet ministers, most of whom were political appointees, and named a new team chosen on the basis of merit. A prime goal of the shakeup, Fukuda indicated, was to pump up the domestic economy, which should not only please Japanese consumers and workers but give businessmen more incentive to sell at home rather than abroad. Underscoring Japan's concern about its strained trade relations with the U.S. and Europe, Fukuda also created a new Cabinet post, Minister of External Economic Affairs, and named Nobuhiko Ushiba, 68, a former Ambassador...
...show what you can do and not get written off on size alone. Then you've got to cash in on that chance, because as a small man, you may not get another." Washington Cornerback Pat Fischer, 5 ft. 9 in., 170 lbs., a 16-year veteran and premier defender until disabled earlier this season with a back injury, is one of the N.F.L.'s pint-sized pioneers. Says he: "You need more luck than anything else. In the first couple of games, I made some exceptional plays that showed the coaches I could tackle people...
DIED. Dr. Manouchehr Eghbal, 68, former Premier of Iran and chairman of the National Iranian Oil Co.; of a heart attack; in Ellahiyem, Iran. Named Premier in 1957, Eghbal was forced to resign three years later over charges that a parliamentary election had been rigged. While he was in power, Eghbal was a favorite of the Shah, whose policies he vigorously upheld...