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Word: rearm (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Arabs would undoubtedly like to have the cease-fire renewed, if only to ease the pressure on them and give them time to rearm. But they will not admit it. The closest they have come was the observation last week by Jordan's Foreign Minister Abdul Munem Rifa'i that his beleaguered kingdom has "a positive attitude" to any reasonable Middle East peace plan. Meanwhile Egypt, Jordan, Iraq, Syria and Sudan met in Cairo last weekend, along with Fedayeen Leader Yasser Arafat. The agenda made no mention of peace or ceasefires. It was concerned mainly with coordination...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: Middle East: Balancing on the Brink | 2/16/1970 | See Source »

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