Word: procession
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...draft, there almost certainly would have been outraged reactions not only from the P.L.O., but from key moderate Arab states such as Saudi Arabia and Jordan. To avoid such an outcry, and the adverse impact it could have on the U.S. role as a broker in the general peace process, was the reason Washington originally had wanted to sponsor its compromise resolution. It might head off a stronger Arab resolution and also be viewed as a positive gesture by Arab states. It was thus hoped that both Israel and the Palestinians would accept a formula that would have built upon...
...declared that it "rejects unequivocally" the U.S. resolution on 242. Such an initiative, said a cabinet spokesman, "contradicts the commitments of the U.S. to Israel." With an impasse thus threatening, there was speculation in Israel that yet another Begin-Carter-Sadat summit might be needed to revive the peace process...
...months, federal agents questioned the office's 85 employees and combed the building for clues. They determined that much of the missing gold might have been lost during the refining process-some of it undoubtedly went up the chimney in smoke-but they could not rule out the possibility of theft. With 4,100 oz. of gold still missing, the department has now announced that the agents had ended their investigation. Said a spokesman: "The bottom line is that they just could not tell what happened...
...Obasanjo regime began an elaborate process designed to install a U.S.-style federal democracy without exacerbating the tensions between the dominant tribes. By mid-1978, a constitution was adopted that included key features of the American system, such as a two-house legislature and a chief executive elected for a four-year term. To ensure that parties are national in character and not just tribal or religious groupings, the election procedures provide that to win the presidency, a candidate must show broad strength not only by finishing first in the overall vote but also by garnering at least...
...poor young Muslim boy. They develop a bond that the teacher hopes will lead to mutual understanding. Their differences remain too great, as the teacher learns: "She had assumed that somehow his association with her had automatically been for his ultimate good, that inevitably he had been undergoing a process of improvement as a result of knowing...