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...visitor, Israeli Foreign Minister Moshe Dayan, arrived in Washington after a mysterious side trip for some personal diplomacy of his own. He was followed by his counterpart from the most moderate of Israel's adversaries, Ismail Fahmy of Egypt. This week, when Carter and Vance meet with Jordanian Premier Mudar Badran and Syrian Foreign Minister Abdel Halim Khaddam, the talk may turn tougher. Khaddam is expected to urge the U.S. to speed up the peace process by making use of its heavy leverage on Jerusalem...
...State Department official tried to reassure an Israeli diplomat that "if the statement puts pressure on anyone, it puts pressure on both sides." Nonetheless, there was little doubt that the real intent of the announcement was to tighten the screws another turn or two on Israeli Premier Menachem Begin. Following a series of U.S. protests against new Israeli settlements in the West Bank and other occupied territories, the statement appeared to presage an ultimate confrontation between Jerusalem and Washington. The Administration is perplexed by seeming discrepancies between Agriculture Minister Ariel Sharon's disclosures about secret new settlements...
...speed the lagging world recovery, the Carter Administration has consistently urged Japan and Germany to stimulate their economies so that they would buy more from other nations. The Germans have so far balked, but at the London economic summit in May, Japanese Premier Takeo Fukuda pledged to do what he could. His early measures were mild and ineffective; for example, unemployment has risen to 2.1% of the work force-low by U.S. standards, but the second highest rate in Japan since World...
...growing increasingly militant as they read Arab statements that seem to them intransigent. Aharon Yariv, the dovish former Information Minister in Yitzhak Rabin's last Labor government, warned last week that if U.S. peace efforts fail, "war becomes a definite possibility." Returning from a state visit to Rumania, Premier Begin defiantly noted that his government includes three generals who led Israeli armies to victory in previous wars. Said he: "We shall be ready to defend ourselves...
...Americans suddenly discover the joy in soccer that most of the rest of the world has long known? Look no further than the foot of Brazilian Pelé, who will retire this season after two decades as the world's premier player (and the world's highest-paid athlete). Although the N.A.S.L. was founded nine years ago, soccer as an American spectator sport was really born in 1975 when the Cosmos persuaded Pelé to come out of retirement with a $4.75 million, three-year contract to evangelize Americans for soccer. His arrival brought instant respectability to American...