Word: regional
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...appreciably last week. The President's energy, perseverance and charm have impressed Arab and Israeli alike, but his confusing statements and missteps have dismayed them. Even before Carter took office, Kissinger's innovative step-by-step diplomacy had stalled. Carter has been unable to restore the momentum and the region is probably closer to war than when he came to power. This week Secretary of State Cyrus Vance departs for a ten-day swing through Egypt, Lebanon, Jordan, Syria, Saudi Arabia and Israel. He was not optimistic as he left Washington, and there is growing apprehension that the Administration will...
Ever since his meeting with U.S. Jewish leaders (TIME, July 18), Carter had softened his attitude toward Israel without technically changing his position. Example: lately there has not been any mention of a "homeland" for Palestinians but instead reference to a Palestinian region tied to Jordan. He obviously wanted to avoid a meeting with Begin that ended in open disagreement. Besides, recalling Carter's earlier disastrous encounter with Rabin, one official explained, "Carter must have realized that his tough attitude toward Rabin did not pay off. Instead of movement, he got Israel to dig in its heels. Carter must...
...past three years, the Soviet position in the region has undergone a diplomatic battering. The Russians have lost the important role they once played in both Egypt and Sudan, but have built a new bastion in Ethiopia. (The U.S., at the same time, has strengthened its ties with Cairo and Khartoum but, with the fall of Haile Selassie and the rise of the leftist military regime in Addis Ababa, has lost out there.) The Soviets have given the Ethiopians $100 million in military aid, while Libya's Strongman Muammar Gaddafi-ever the Arab world...
...flow of new investment funds from overseas has begun to take definite patterns. The Southeast has been getting the biggest share of corporate money, partly because foreign manufacturers are attracted by the region's relatively low labor costs and non union tradition, and partly because state and local governments there have aggressively pursued them with tax incentives and other attractions...
...spent six weeks tramping about in the Ohio River Valley, talking with mill hands and recording their speech patterns, drinking with them in bars and eating dinner in their homes. If it were possible, De Niro would probably arrange to be born and raised in the region...