Word: reached
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Even if the hostility against Sadat's treaty does not reach that level of violence, the Arab opposition will nonetheless be serious. The radical Iraqi government announced last week that as soon as the treaty is signed, it will convene a conference of other Arab states and consider various economic sanctions against Egypt. These would include severing diplomatic, cultural and trade relations with Cairo, boycotting Egyptian products and re-evaluating ties to countries that remain friendly with Egypt. Saudi Arabia, which has been supporting Egypt with $2 billion a year, may cut back or even eliminate...
...Egypt attacks across the Suez Canal on Yom Kippur while Syrian troops attack the Golan Heights. Israel's counterattacks reach to within 20 miles of Damascus and across the Suez into Egypt. Heavy losses on both sides. The oil-producing states announce a cutoff of exports to nations supporting Israel, and oil prices soon quadruple. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger finally negotiates a cease-fire...
...that it cannot handle direct flights from the mainland; jet passengers must disembark at Honolulu and transfer by cab ($3) or WikiWiki bus to the Aloha or Hawaiian Airlines terminal for the 20-min. onward flight to the Valley Isle, and may then have to rent a car to reach their destinations. Explains Elmer F. Cravalho, 53, the diminutive (5 ft. 5 in.), tough-minded descendant of Portuguese immigrants who has been Maui's mayor for the past eleven years: "We want the people who come to Maui to make a conscious choice that this is where they want...
...vineyard. It was carved out by Emil Tedeschi, 36, an emigre from a Napa Valley wine-making clan. After experimenting with 140 varieties of grape, he has planted 15 acres in Carnelian, a cross between Cabernet, Grenache and Carignane. While the first bottles of his red wine will not reach their prime until 1984, a tasting of an early vintage reveals body and character. Meanwhile, Oenologist Emil and his chemist wife Joanne are making a pineapple wine they call Maui Blanc. It has a fruity aroma but, considering its origin, is a clear, reasonably dry and inexpensive ($3.99) bottle that...
...stomach to bathe your just consumed sausage links and hash browns in acid, and you don't know how you're going to get through the next 4% hrs. because it's too early for a martini, and besides, you want to throw up. So you reach for that little paper bag in the seat-back pocket, and, hello! What's this? A slick, thick, technicolor magazine throbbing with lively articles on travel, finance, health, law, politics. You become so engrossed in a piece on the revitalized riverfront in SAT that you don't notice...