Word: rumanians
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Sadat almost casually tried out his idea on Rumanian President Nicolae Ceau?escu during a visit to Bucharest three weeks ago. Ceau?escu, who only a few days before had received Premier Begin, said he thought it was a sound idea. Sadat did not tell Carter of his idea?then or ever. He wanted the world to know that his mission was an Egyptian initiative, and not a ploy inspired by Washington. But he felt he had to tell the Saudis. Foreign Minister Fahmy, though aware of Sadat's dream, did not take the proposal seriously. Top Egyptian military commanders...
...from Bucharest to talk the strikers back to work. Pick-wielding miners grabbed the two officials and held them hostage in a pit. At this point, Party Chief Nicolae Ceausescu was summoned from his Black Sea vacation and brought to the scene by helicopter. Surrounded by armed bodyguards, the Rumanian leader warned the miners that unless he can maintain absolute order and discipline, "we will be trampled underfoot by others"-meaning a possible Soviet invasion. He also promised that the miners' grievances would be given serious consideration. After the miners returned to work, however, some of their leaders were...
Their choice of Rumania is no accident. After the warming of relations between Washington and Bucharest a few years ago, Rumania decided to help a handful of Americans pursue medical studies there-a move that would presumably win friends and expand Rumanian influence in the U.S. The experiment seems to be working. One of the first Americans to be recruited, Abraham Jaeger of New York City, has done so well since his arrival in 1972 that-though he is still a student-the Rumanian government has encouraged him to attend international scientific conferences. Jaeger is no longer lonesome for countrymen...
Relatively Lenient. Rumania's attractions are obvious. Though European experts give Rumanian medical training high marks, admission requirements for Americans are relatively lenient. Until this year, when the Rumanians began demanding at least two years of preparatory college. Americans were accepted directly out of secondary school. It was this lure that attracted Raoul Mendelovice at age 17-immediately after his graduation from New York City's highly regarded Bronx High School of Science with an impressive 97% average. Now in his second year of the six-year Rumanian medical program, Mendelovice notes that he will be finishing...
...year, perhaps a third of the cost of attending a private medical school in the U.S. Money also goes further for entertainment. The best opera seat costs no more than $1.50, a sumptuous meal only $3. Perhaps because of their spending power, the Americans (some of Rumanian descent and thus far mostly men) have no trouble attracting female companions. One student told TIME Correspondent David Aikman that he had so many Rumanian girl friends he could hardly fit them all into the twelve-hour days and six-day weeks of his busy class and lab schedule...