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...were as close to Anwar Sadat as former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger. During 21 months of shuttling between Egypt and Israel in 1974 and 1975 in his effort to bring peace to the Middle East, Kissinger met Sadat literally dozens of times, and the two men achieved a rapport that went far beyond the often forced friendliness of most diplomatic relationships. In the following piece, Kissinger movingly describes the characteristics that propelled Sadat to the center of the world's stage, and kept him there. Kissinger is currently working on the second volume of his memoirs, Years...
Perhaps the most that can be expected from this week's session is that the two men may develop a rapport based on the understanding that-for everyone's good -the relationship between the two superpowers must improve. Says William Hyland, a former Kissinger staffer who is now a Soviet expert at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace: "The real results of the meetings may take time to develop. They could set the tenor of superpower dealings for some time." -By Henry Muller. Reported by Robert Suro and Strobe Talbott/Washington...
...very least, some court observers hope that her consensus-building experience as a legislator, with its premium on dealing with personalities, as well as the fact that she is a woman, will dissolve some of the aloofness among the brethren. There is little personal rapport and togetherness on the current court -and the Justices tend to communicate with one another only in writing. The result is often a series of individual opinions based on conflicting rationales that confuse the impact of a majority decision. Powell has called the court "nine one-man law firms." A touch of warmth and sociability...
Haig sees better rapport with a restrained Soviet Union as the U.S. gets stronger, a closer working relationship with friendly Arab nations that will still allow for the special understanding with Israel and a new Latin American policy beginning to move forward. All of this, Haig believes, is dependent in one way or another on the renewed economic might of the U.S. He believes that Reagan's insistence on addressing that concern first is the genius of the new Administration's foreign policy...
...talks produced no significant policy decisions, but both Washington and Bonn considered the first official meetings between the two leaders a success. Hoping to avoid the frosty relationship that existed between himself and Jimmy Carter, Schmidt wanted to strike a good initial rapport with Reagan-and the President obviously wanted to oblige. By all accounts, the two got along well. Said one Administration official: "There must be no surprises between us. Schmidt wants to go back and tell his people the President promised him there would be no Carteresque zigzags...