Word: premier
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...visit that is intended to remind disgruntled Southerners that he is one of them. Then he goes west to Idaho for some rafting on the Salmon River and to Wyoming for some hiking around Jackson Hole. On his return, he must prepare for his summit conference with Israeli Premier Menachem Begin and Egyptian President Anwar Sadat. In his talks with these two shrewd visitors, his new-found toughness will be put to its hardest test. If the conference is a moderate success, Carter may reverse his decline in public esteem. If not, his future may be gray indeed...
...want to go. As leader of the largest single parliamentary bloc, he felt that Eanes would have to call him back to mediate the standoff resulting from his departure, or else call elections not scheduled to be held until 1980. Soares, Portugal's first freely elected Premier since the April 1974 revolution, was as surprised as everyone else by Eanes' choice - and more bitter than many. He said the move was "unconstitutional...
...necessarily. Although Portugal's constitution constrains the President to "take into consideration the results of elections," Eanes seems to take the interpretation that he can ask anyone he wants to be Premier - so long as that person can form a Cabinet, present an acceptable program to parliament within ten days and then survive a confidence vote. His choice of Nobre da Costa indicates Eanes' feeling that administrative competence is more desirable at the moment than political popularity. Nobre da Costa is being presented to the country as a transitional Premier with a mandate to restore confidence...
...Soares' government - at Eanes' insistence. Nobre da Costa is known as a free-enterpriser who gets things done no matter how many toes he has to step on. Says an auto executive: "I didn't exactly reach for a bottle of champagne when he was named [Premier], but I must admit that he will inspire confidence among businessmen...
Early this summer, Premier Takeo Fukuda decided to resume the talks. With the presidency of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party up for election in December and rival candidates calling for the treaty with China for both trade and security reasons, Fukuda needed a foreign policy coup to bolster his position. The Russians responded again with a stiff protest. In a letter to Fukuda, Party Chief Leonid Brezhnev warned that Soviet policy toward Japan might be seriously affected if Tokyo signed the document. This time the warning was ignored. Said Foreign Minister Sunao Sonoda: "Japan will not tolerate instructions from another...