Word: progressions
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Carter's innermost thinking on the goals of U.S. foreign policy. None of the men who helped develop the Carter paper- Brzezinski, Vice President Walter Mondale, Secretary of State Cyrus Vance - will reveal its contents, other than to suggest that it is a distant vision of the world progress and tranquillity we all share. It is noteworthy that there is such a plan, but even more important that the men who have read it believe the Administration is moving in the right direction, and is even on schedule...
Carter has found the world tougher than he thought - but the men and women who run it better than he thought. He likes what he has going with Israel's Begin and Egypt's Sadat. Last week progress reports on Begin's stomach upset figured prominently on the President's secret agenda. At one point Carter took up his felt-tipped pen and scribbled a note to Sadat on azure White House stationery...
Embarking on what he called "a mission that may be impossible," Jordan's King Hussein made quick visits to Damascus and Cairo. His aim was to narrow the distance between Sadat and Syria's President Hafez Assad, but there was no evidence that he had made much progress. Assad was also doing some lobbying. After meeting with Hussein, he flew to Riyadh, Kuwait and other gulf states in an effort to talk them out of giving further support to Sadat...
...step approach to a final settlement. The possible steps: an Israeli-Egyptian accommodation; then an Israeli agreement with Jordan, Saudi Arabia and the moderate Palestinians; and finally a settlement with Syria triggered by a hint to Damascus -and to Moscow-that would say, in effect: "We're making progress, and if you want to be included, you'd better get moving...
...overall forecast is cheering, considering the fog of worry about the economy that has enveloped the nation in recent months. For all its progress in production, jobs, personal income (up around 11 %) and corporate profits (about 12% ahead of last year, after taxes), 1977 brought the economy a set of nagging headaches. Stock prices tumbled through the year; the Dow Jones industrial average is now about 19% below what it was at the close...