Word: sessions
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...commission as special negotiator was due to expire. He would not have been ejected from the conference room. Nevertheless, he warned his fellow negotiators: "I guess I become a pumpkin at midnight." They made sure he stayed to the end of the ball. After a final, 14-hour marathon session, with only short breaks, they completed the treaty...
Sitting by moonlight in overstuffed wicker chairs on the manicured lawn Vance and Sadat surveyed the Middle East situation for 3½ hours-more than twice as long as the American had anticipated. During the session, which was later characterized in American diplomatic phrases as "very useful" and "constructive," Vance put forward some of the proposals" he had brought with him from Washington. Among them: that the Palestine Liberation Organization be allowed to participate in a Geneva Peace Conference only after it recognizes Israel s right to exist; that the boundaries of Isarel be a matter for negotiation; that "real...
...Vance had two sessions with Sadat and one with Foreign Minister Ismail Fahmy before departing Egypt for a four-hour stop in Lebanon, where he pledged $142 million in military and economic aid. Then on to Damascus for a 3½hour session with Syria's President Hafez Assad who promptly shot down the whole idea of the working group." In a 45-minute news conference, the Syrian leader explained: "There is a possibility that this working group would be looked upon as a competitor to the Geneva Conference, and I do not think that any of us would...
...Belgrade meeting decided that 1) a thorough review of how states have respected the accord, including its human rights provision, would be the first item discussed, 2) the fall session would have decision-making powers, and 3) the conference would open Oct. 4 and run until Dec. 22. If the drafting of a report is not completed by then, the conference will reconvene for an extra month...
When he came to the U.S. from Austria eight years ago, Body Builder Arnold Schwarzenegger got hooked on country music-and Nashville Star Dolly Parton. Invited by Photographer Annie Leibovitz to join Dolly in a picture-taking session for Rolling Stone, Arnold rushed back from a visit to Israel to oblige. The two got along so well that they finished off six bottles of champagne between poses. Dolly, 31, who admires musclemen "for their spunk and endurance," was very impressed with Arnold. Arnold, 30, found Dolly "the nicest weight I have lifted in a long time." Says...