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...that proves to be the case, a treaty could be ready for signing by Nov. 19, the first anniversary of Sadat's trip to Jerusalem. But where should the signing take place? Sadat himself proposes Mount Sinai, where the Lord gave the Law to Moses, a prophet revered in both Hebrew and Islamic tradition. The White House tends to like the idea. "Imagine that, a summit on a summit," reflected one Administration official. "What an event that would...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MIDDLE EAST: Imagine: A Lofty Summit | 10/23/1978 | See Source »

When he rose to speak to the thousands of students, parents and alumni assembled in the Yard for the Associated Harvard Alumni ceremony, those qualities were each magnified. For Solzhenitsyn did not simply give a speech at Commencement, he delivered a fervent sermon. Like a prophet, he believed every word he said...

Author: By David Beach, | Title: Lost in the Translation | 9/11/1978 | See Source »

Solzhenitsyn, indeed, is a self-styled prophet of doom, and such pessimists are hardly used to warm receptions. But, unlike Biblical prophets, who reputedly spoke to all in their native tongues, this fails to translate very well to the West...

Author: By David Beach, | Title: Lost in the Translation | 9/11/1978 | See Source »

...imperial calendar dates from the founding of the Iranian monarchy by Cyrus the Great in 559 B.C., the Islamic from the Prophet Mohammed's Hegira from Mecca to Medina...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: IRAN: The Shah Mollifies the Mullahs | 9/11/1978 | See Source »

...things, there's a lot of stress," says Mormon Housewife Mona Daniels. The church is honoring its women with a new sculpture garden at a restored village in Nauvoo, Ill., one of the Midwestern communities where raging mobs drove out the Mormons in the mid-19th century after Prophet Smith was shot to death. Despite the gesture, the church is adamantly opposed to the ERA or other concessions. Kimball states that unlike blacks, it is "impossible" that women would ever attain priesthood...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Mormonism Enters a New Era | 8/7/1978 | See Source »

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