Word: premiered
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Fidel Castro, however, refused to permit on-site inspections, and held out for almost a month against returning the planes. He agreed to do so only toward the end of a 24-day mission to Havana by Soviet First Deputy Premier Anastas Mikoyan. Kennedy then declared that the quarantine was lifted, though on-site inspection had never taken place...
...summit of nonaligned nations. As host of the conference, Castro was seen and photographed with a wide variety of Third World leaders, ranging from Yugoslavia's Josip Broz Tito, 87 - the last surviving co-founder of the nonaligned movement - to Communist fellow travelers like Viet Nam's Premier Pham Van Dong to such obscure eminences as Bhutan's King Jigme Singye Wangchuk. Castro and his aides orchestrated the arrival of celebrities well: one of the few discordant notes was struck by a brass band that mistakenly played the Egyptian national anthem as Castro greeted Iraq...
They arrived in Haifa with almost diametrically opposed intentions. Israeli Premier Menachem Begin was preoccupied with bilateral issues that had arisen since the signing of the Egyptian-Israeli peace treaty last March. Egyptian President Anwar Sadat was eager for progress toward a wider peace in the Middle East. After three hours of private talks during Sadat's 48-hour visit, Begin had achieved his objectives. But Sadat's hope of new movement toward solving the Palestinian problem, which he termed "the heart and core of the entire conflict," was unfulfilled...
...West Bank. When we are discussing full autonomy for the West Bank and the Gaza, for sure we are discussing the Jerusalem issue." Begin was smiling broadly as he responded. "Let me also tell you what I told my dear friend President Sadat about Jerusalem," said the Premier. "It's an indivisible city. There is completely free access to the holy shrines by sons of all religions ... This is the attitude of Israel. On this, indeed, we differ...
...full-bodied autonomy will have to be taken very soon ... If the idea of autonomy is sunk not because of P.L.O. sabotage but due to differences between Egypt and Israel, then the great achievements of the past two years, manifested in the open camaraderie between 'My friend Premier Begin' and 'My good friend President Sadat' may yet be endangered...