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MIDDLE EAST. Carter has staked considerable prestige on the prospect of a peace agreement between Israel and Egypt, but the artificially imposed Dec. 17 deadline came and went with nothing but recriminations from both sides. Cairo and Jerusalem remain publicly optimistic about an eventual peace treaty, yet the Israelis, who have been the more inflexible, have shown no willingness to give in on the points that divide the parties, chiefly the question of Palestinian self-rule on the West Bank. Dismayed at the impasse, Carter has threatened to abandon his mediation efforts in the Middle East. But the threat...
That controversy goes to the heart of the Egyptian-Israeli dilemma. Three other key issues remain unsettled: Egypt's proposal for a review of security arrangements between the two countries after five years, the timing of the exchange of ambassadors and whether the treaty would supersede Cairo's other commitments to the extent that it would prevent Egypt from going to the aid of another Arab country attacked by Israel. Presumably these issues can be resolved in time...
...familiar as the monsoon cycle may be, the winds remain inscrutable-"a sea of question marks," says Australian Meteorologist Peter Webster. Predicting them is bafflingly difficult; they are a cauldron of complex, wildly fluctuating conditions. Says the U.S. National Science Foundation's Richard Greenfield: "They can vary fantastically over the space of a few miles, and even a one-or two-degree temperature shift sets vast amounts of airborne water dropping...
...probation. The International Subcommittee of the AAU's Competitive Swimming Committee, which levied all of the penalties, also recommended that two of the swimmers, Tallman and Foreman, be banned from all AAU competition (not just international meets) for the duration of their two year terms. If the suspensions remain unchanged and unchallenged, not only will they prevent all four world-class swimmers from participating in the 1980 Olympic Games, they could put a severe damper on the ability of both Foreman and Tallman to continue in competitive swimming...
...classes begin for the new semester, a 37-inch blizzard paralyzes New England. Dean Archie C. Epps III, repeating his famous claim that "Harvard University will close only for an act of God, such as the end of the world," announces the University will remain open...