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...Crimson steadfastly refused to relent and began a final procession down the field from the 20-yd. line...
...promising that the U.S. would build two military bases in Israel's Negev desert to compensate for Israeli withdrawal from three airfields in the Sinai. Though no connection was formally drawn between the airfields and the settlements, the message was clear enough. Before leaving for Israel, Begin seemed to relent a bit. He said he would consult other members of the Israeli delegation, whose own statements have been closer to the U.S. position. "I will respect their better memory," he pledged...
...State for Political Affairs: "Each side likes to camouflage a concession, and it's easier to say yes to Carter than to a proposal from the other side. The concession then bears U.S. markings and not those of the enemy." If, in fact, Carter asks the Israelis to relent and accept the declaration of principles that Sadat has been demanding, there is a good chance that they will do so if the statement is given some new name like "framework for negotiations" or "set of guidelines." That way it will not seem as if Begin is giving...
Radeliffe did not relent in the second period, pushing home four more goals in the final stanza...
...Figaro has under Hersant become blatantly conservative. The publisher took personal charge of Figaro's pre-election coverage, which omitted any mention of his assembly district opponent-even when the paper carried a rundown of every major party candidate-until an outcry in other papers forced Figaro to relent. Last month Hersant invited 2,000 Figaro subscribers in Neuilly, the Paris suburb he wants to represent in the assembly, to a lavish champagne buffet. In protest against Hersant's abuse of Figaro, Raymond Aron and Jean d'Ormesson, two pillars of the French intellectual establishment, resigned...