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...week's end, with the negotiations in recess while the Egyptians and Israelis began to study a document that could end 30 years of war, Washington was hoping against hope that a political miracle had been achieved. Many problems remained, but the first step toward Middle East peace was being taken...
After a long and fruitless argument, Shea called a recess and conferred with other union members, telling them that if he insisted on the clauses, the hospital might insist on cutting down on some of the bread-and-butter concessions they made. But union members urged him to go ahead and press for the clauses, because they believed in them, Damman recalls, adding, "I was really moved to see people who get paid so little willing to sacrifice for an idea...
...bill is not the President's only concern on Capitol Hill as Congress gets back from its Labor Day recess. The House this week will vote on whether to override his veto of the military authorization bill. His civil service reform legislation also faces House floor action. By most counts, Carter should win both tests, but he cannot take that for granted. Ironically, he is also supporting a bill that would require court approval of any wiretapping done for national security reasons, but it is under heavy fire from conservatives, who feel that the Executive Branch should be free...
With Congress going into recess and no crisis requiring a presidential presence in Washington, Jimmy Carter felt as entitled as any other citizen to an August vacation. A white-water enthusiast for many years, he decided that the Rockies' Salmon River would provide a brisk break from the capital. The mountain vistas of the American West were more appealing in August than his usual retreat on Georgia's St. Simon's Island...
...After a recess, with the Americans taking a long lunch in Vance's three-room suite in the Intercontinental Hotel and Gromyko taking a nap in the Soviet mission building, the SALT talks reconvened for Gromyko's three-hour response. Said one American participant: "Listening to Gromyko for an hour is like listening to anyone else for three." Said another: "The meetings [on Wednesday] weren't negative. But the end game gets very complicated when there is not much to finish. There's very little room to maneuver...