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...comments on the death of Egyptian president Anwar el-Sadat come from Radcliffe officials who met the late leader...
...Sadat, said President Horner in a statement released the day after the October 6 assassination, "was a man of principle who had the courage to stand up for what he believed...
...director of the Bunting Institute, Margaret McKenna met Sadat while a deputy counsel to former president Jimmy Carter...
...That Sadat was an astute political manipulator is equally beyond doubt. He had an uncanny sense for judging what his people wanted and then delivering it. Still, he set standards and tried to live up to them, no matter how unpopular his actions proved'to be. While the peace initiative was well received in Egypt, it earned Sadat the wrath of the rest of the Arab world. More recently, Sadat struck harshly at internal discord, detaining 1600 opponents to his regime, mostly Moslem militants. That repressive measure is believed to have directly instigated his assassination...
...With Sadat's removal, the Middle East, after a period of relative stability, heads once again for the unknown. In Egypt, a new search for identity has already begun, and its outcome will profoundly affect the entire world. As President, Sadat successfully managed to impose peace as the goal for his country. As a legacy, Sadat would surely have wished for that goal to become eternal...