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Historians of presidential dress and eating habits take note: Anwar Sadat has an aversion to shellfish and dinner jackets. Marginalia in the great sweep of international affairs, of course, but such items were priorities for the White House staff as it planned last week's double date for Anwar, Jihan, Ronnie and Nancy. It was the first state dinner in the Reagan Administration at which men wore business suits instead of black tie. Not a shrimp or crab claw was to be seen. But the Reagans' high style was very much in evidence, reinforcing their reputation...
With just a day to go before the Sadat dinner, some problems arise. The air-traffic controllers' strike bids to keep a few guests away: Actor Omar Sharif, who would contribute to an Egyptian "ethos," has decided not to fly in from London, and Senator Ted Stevens is staying put in Alaska. There is some question about the roses, which are to arrive by air from New York. But the yellow, white and salmon hybrids make it. Down in the basement, the White House floral director, Dottie Temple, supervises the arrangement of 768 roses in table settings...
...gremlins are still at work. One of Sadat's daughters, Mrs. Mahmud Osman, is taken ill. Brandon, in the calligrapher's office, rearranges the seating plan. Shortly after 7 p.m. the arrivals commence at the White House diplomatic entrance on the south side. Either Brandon or her assistant is there to greet them when they enter the mansion...
...Begin's new government is expected to be even more ineffectual than the last. In one of his first declarations after forming a government, Begin called for an "undelayed resumption" of the Camp David process. This would include talks with Egypt, as urged last week by President Anwar Sadat, that are aimed at granting the Palestinians autonomy. But most U.S. and Arab officials doubt that Begin would risk toppling his government by trying to work out such an agreement. Surveying Begin's government, a senior official in the U.S. State Department noted the lack of moderates and said...
...plans had been made for weeks. Returning from his meeting with President Reagan in Washington, Egypt's President Anwar Sadat intended to visit Salzburg, one of his favorite cities. But suddenly last week, with no explanation, he canceled his trip. Four days before, a Palestinian guerrilla named Mohammed Daoud Mohammed Auda was shot while sitting in a Warsaw hotel café, but survived. The two incidents reflected the violent and convoluted world of the terrorist, where motives are often murky and alliances shift rapidly. Indeed, intelligence experts believe that the week may also have marked the reappearance, after seven...