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...SALT process from other controversies. Thus there is a chance that Vance and Gromyko will still be able to devote most of their time in Geneva to arms limitation, which Vance insisted last week was "in our national interest." Since SALT first convened in Helsinki nine years ago, progress toward curbing atomic arsenals has been frustratingly slow, and there has been no ban at all on offensive weapons since the SALT I ceilings expired last October...
...number of small moves in the past few months, however, have indicated that a SALT II accord may finally be in sight. As Carter said at his last press conference, "Negotiations are going along very well," and "we are making progress." Yet even before Moscow's unexpected scheduling of the trials, U.S. officials had carefully muted their optimism about SALT. Noted one Administration aide before he left for the talks: "We don't see Geneva as make or break. We're not talking about breakthroughs. It's part of a process...
...Ibrahim Kamal in the hope that somehow his Jerusalem initiative might be revived. If the Israelis show interest in accepting the basic principle of Sadat's plan-custody of the West Bank to Jordan, Gaza to Egypt-then it will be viewed in Cairo as a sign of progress. In light of what the Egyptians feel is a hard line by Begin, Sadat has revised his timetable for peace. Says one of Sadat's top advisers: "We're now thinking in terms of a much longer time span. This will not be the year for peace...
...than a venereal disease affecting both sexes. Consequently, because women's symptoms are not obvious and because little effort has been made to trace and treat the female sexual partners of male victims (a vital element in venereal disease control), the disease Ping Pongs through the population. But progress is being made. Says Dr. McCormack: "Five years ago, neither men nor women were being treated appropriately. Now it's mainly the women...
...means pervasive, comfort of America today that makes the '70s so inert and dangerous. But every intelligent person clucks over the headlines each day and then forgets them, unless they directly affect him or her. And no one does anything. Despite the claims to the contrary, progress is not forthcoming...