Word: relinquish
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...territories by war, Egyptians and Jordanians finally decided to bargain for them through Jarring. Now tenacity is being used to make Cairo more flexible on the borders issue. If Israel holds out long enough. Eban argues, it may convince Sadat that Egypt will have to negotiate earnestly and finally relinquish territories like Sharm el Sheikh, which Israel intends to retain...
...with a border 68 miles shorter than before the fighting. Reason: the present de facto lines are straighter. They are also much easier for Israel to defend. In any peace negotiation, therefore, a crucial question will be how much of this occupied territory Israel will be willing to relinquish and how much it will insist on retaining to preserve border security. TIME Jerusalem Bureau Chief Marsh Clark made a threeday, 465-mile tour along Israel's eastern boundaries. He discovered "a frenzy of construction and settlement activity," which suggests that Israel is not about to surrender its occupied territory...
...Mamie Eisenhower with samples of a "limited" edition of china bourbon decanters, shaped like elephants, from the Jim Beam people. The edition was so limited that only 197 other decanters were awarded to "lucky letter" holders in the audience. As the evening closed, Martha Mitchell seemed especially reluctant to relinquish the stage. For 40 minutes, as impatient waiters flicked the ballroom lights on and off and collected the centerpieces from the tables, Mrs. Mitchell stood on the podium signing autographs, repeating over and over, "I love it. I love...
...Frog is being canned for commercialism. When Sesame Street was just a glint in Joan Cooney's eye, Kermit taped a special in Canada. When it was given a network airing, the frog was compromised. Or so Henson decided. Like Jim Thorpe, Kermit played for money, and now must relinquish his amateur standing. He is being phased out of the show. He will be replaced by such Muppets as Lecturer Herbert Birdsfoot and Sherlock Hemlock, a bumbling sleuth...
...because they call money "capital." The banks have taken over one of the last of the big spreads, and Monte and Chet hire on for want of more respectable work. Chet eventually gives it all up to wed the hardware-store widow, but Monte won't relinquish his ways even for the golden-hearted, dross-tongued whore (Jeanne Moreau) he loves. By the time the film ends, just about everyone has been killed off except Marvin and Director Wil liam Fraker, who might well have been the first target...