Word: signed
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...days, however, Carter could bask in the well-deserved glory of his Middle East breakthrough. Back to Washington once more went Israel's Menachem Begin and Egypt's Anwar Sadat, this time to sign the historic treaty in a ceremony set for prime-time TV viewing, via satellite, in their home nations...
...Monday morning's session, the Israelis disclosed that they would accept some of Sadat's changes but refused to budge on the issues of Gaza, Sinai oil and the exchange of ambassadors. Declared Carter: "That is not enough." The President then pressed Begin hard, insisting that Israel sign the treaty. "No, sir," replied the Israeli leader. "We are a free people and we are not going to sign it unless we decide." In a separate meeting with senior Israeli deputies, Carter was chided for dealing as Laban did with the Patriarch Jacob in Genesis 29: 15-28, reneging...
...from the Sinai fields that will be returned to Egypt. If Israel runs short of oil during the next 15 years, the U.S. has promised to make up the difference. Egypt and Israel will open their borders to each other's citizens and will eventually sign agreements on other trade and cultural exchanges...
Shortly afterward, Carter invited Begin back to the White House. In an eight-minute meeting, Carter told him of his plan to fly to the Middle East to obtain Egypt's acceptance of the compromise. Leaving the President's office, Begin flashed a "thumbs up" sign to an aide and exclaimed, "Good news! World news!" Cutting short his trip to the U.S. by one day, he flew home and declared, "This has been a good week for Israel...
...these tunes of unfriendly takeover attempts and vexing shareholder suits, the corporate board room is no longer the snug, overstuffed haven it used to be. Still, a directorship remains a sure sign of having made it in the business world. Few women have broken through the well-guarded boardroom door: only 276 women sit on boards of the nation's biggest 1,300 corporations. They tend to be concentrated in packaged-goods and other consumer-related companies...