Word: role
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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After more than an hour of discussion, Bush endorsed the "achievement of Palestinian political rights" and said a "properly structured" international peace conference could play a useful role. He said "a new atmosphere" must be created between Israel and Arab nations...
...dazzling 20-minute film review of his career. But the best was yet to come. When the lights went up, Nureyev strode onstage for a one-hour interview with Brown. The ebullient dancer talked candidly about his theatrical life, from his youth in the Soviet Union to his present role as artistic director of the Paris Opera Ballet. While performances like that are hard acts to follow, TIME and N.Y.U. are already plotting a regular series of "Creative Edge" encores for next year...
...Maldives strike that best illustrated India's proclivity to take on the role of regional policeman. If the affair provoked unease among India's neighbors -- Pakistan accused New Delhi of having stage-managed the coup attempt -- it garnered approval in more distant quarters. Ronald Reagan, then in the White House, congratulated New Delhi for a "valuable contribution to regional stability...
Still, Arafat's recognition of Israel's right to exist -- expressed in language acceptable to Washington if not to Jerusalem -- has altered the political dynamics. The fact that five prominent American Jews coaxed Arafat until he finally got his rhetoric right in December demonstrated the changing role of American Jewry. When one of the quintet, Menachem Rosensaft, returned from the Stockholm meeting with Arafat, an effort was made to oust him as head of the Labor Zionist Alliance and member of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations. He survived the attempted purge, and remains a vehement critic...
Irving does not let his narrator have the liveliest lines. Wheelwright is passive by design. The vigorous Puritan tradition of his ancestors has become thin and unsteady. His role is to record the actions of others and canonize his childhood friend...