Word: progressions
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...current negotiations deal with the reassignment question and other issues. However, officials of both the University and the union declined to comment yesterday on the specifics of the talks while the negotiations are in progress...
...that the U.S. had cooperated with past Israeli governments in pursuing peace "under the broad scope of United Nations Resolution 242." He noted that "peace can come from a guarantee of security, and our staunch friendship for Israel will continue to be a major element in this foundation for progress." Translation: Israel should give up occupied territory in exchange for a U.S. pledge to support any security arrangements. Begin only looked bleakly ahead...
...farewell ceremonies on the south lawn, both Begin and Carter looked grim, fatigued and discouraged. The polite code words conveyed the lack of progress. Carter described the talks as "detailed and frank"-which is the diplomat's way of saying they were contentious. He avoided even the pro forma declaration that they had been "productive." He offered an ostensibly friendly observation: "The Israel of 1978 is strong and more secure militarily than at any time in its history. We in America take satisfaction in the knowledge that we have contributed in some small measure to the realization of that...
...After all, television mixes apples with astronauts," opined Mailer, 55, who is writing a book about Gary Gilmore, the executed murderer. "It's a new angle," agreed Capote, 53, who is called the "Tiny Terror" for rattling the skeletons of his celebrity friends in his novel-in-progress Answered Prayers. Capote's next book, he says, will be about "a disastrous love affair I had." The T.T.'s proposed literary style: high comedy...
...civil status of women in Israel is one of statutory equality and represents continuous progress over the years with conditions comparable to those in many developed countries in the West...