Word: signs
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...declaration that the leaders will sign this week took 22 months to produce. "I felt at times as if I were in a time warp," groans one of the 375 diplomats who participated in the negotiations in Geneva. The completed document has five parts: a preamble stating the conference's general goals (of "peace, security, justice and cooperation") and four major sections known for no discernible reason as "baskets." The area of greatest Soviet interest is Basket One, which covers the inviolability of frontiers, peaceful settlement of international disputes, nonintervention in internal affairs, the right of self-determination...
...could be no agreement unless and until the Egyptians agree to face-to-face talks. This is still unacceptable to Cairo, and the Israelis know it all too well. But whether Rabin was talking about actual negotiations between generals concerning new disengagement lines or simply a formal ceremony to sign an agreement-which Egypt would accept -was unclear as the two sides jockeyed back and forth for advantages...
...there can be no return to the total license and political permissiveness" of before. That could mean that the ordinarily opinionated Indian press might be permanently muzzled. Last week the government indicated how seriously it regards control of the news when it expelled three foreign newsmen for failing to sign a pledge to observe new censorship guidelines (see THE PRESS...
...poor radio communication between the ship and Mission Control, apparently because a microphone had been left open during the hurried efforts to revive Brand. By now aware of a problem, a frogman clambered onto the edge of the ship, peered into a window and gave a thumbs-up sign to reassure everyone that the astronauts were all right. It was not until seven hours later that NASA officials in Houston began disclosing the full seriousness of the incident...
...tours are booked up months in advance. A typical group of Rotelmates includes not only cash-strapped young and elderly travelers but also well-to-do tourists with a taste for the offbeat. "We cater to a special sort of clientele," Höltl admits. "Most of those who sign up come back." From his tour profits, Rotelier Höltl has built a deluxe, 200-room Bavarian-style inn in his native Tittling. There, at prices ranging up to $40 a day, Rotel veterans who have seen the world from the windows of Holtl's buses may come...