Word: premiered
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Brelis, on a two-week assignment in Saudi Arabia, left after five days to return to Egypt. Jerusalem Bureau Chief Dean Fischer, who only a week earlier had flown from Israel to Washington with Premier Begin on his sudden trip, quickly hopped a plane back to Jerusalem in order to cover Begin's return. Fischer thus lost a traveling companion, Photographer David Rubinger. Besides shooting the trip for TIME, Rubinger, an Israeli citizen, had been chosen by Begin to be his official photographer during the U.S. visit, so it behooved him to remain with the Premier...
...invasion of Viet Nam by China reminds me of the things Vice Premier Teng said in his interview with Time Inc. Editor in Chief Hedley Donovan: "China is quite poor." Apparently, nations are never too poor to wage war and destroy. What a folly...
...Carter flew off from Andrews Air Force Base, after a surprisingly successful White House meeting with Israeli Premier Menachem Begin, he had no advance assurance that his trip would not lead to an embarrassing failure. It thus entailed major political risks, both for the nations involved and for Carter personally. If he had to return home without having brought Cairo and Jerusalem substantially closer to agreement, he could be criticized for unwisely raising expectations, for wasting U.S. influence, and for improvising showy moves without any serious plan behind them. Said a Washington-based European diplomat: "It is extremely risky...
...parliament Saturday. Sadat agreed, saying that "we have had a very fruitful talk." But both leaders cautioned that some issues remained unresolved as Carter headed for Israel. Arriving there just as the Jewish Sabbath was ending, he was greeted at Ben-Gurion Airport by President Itzhak Navon and Premier Begin, who gave him a warm embrace. Said Carter: "I have good reason to hope that the goal can now be reached. I look forward to completing the urgent business at hand on this brief visit." The carefully chosen words were more optimistic, however, than the actual situation. Carter...
...normalization of relations, the Chinese invited Blumenthal to visit the People's Republic to discuss improving economic ties with the U.S. From the time he arrived in Peking, Blumenthal, who is sometimes a moody and distant man, was buoyant and lighthearted. Riding back from a meeting with Vice Premier Teng Hsiao-p'ing, whom he addressed by his name and title in Chinese, Teng Hsiao-p'ing Fu-tsung-li, Blumenthal giddily burst into a Chinese children's song. While his aides looked on uncomprehending, the Chinese security man and driver burst out laughing...