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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...placed a wreath on the war tomb in honor of Egyptian soldiers who died in action. Then in a moving ceremony, Sadat kissed a huge Egyptian flag and raised it over El Arish. Shops had been painted, and the fountain in the town square, filled with trash since the start of the Israeli occupation in 1967, had been cleaned and filled with water. The 40,000 inhabitants of the city were ecstatic. Ashraf Ibrahim told visitors that his family would sacrifice 35 sheep to celebrate the liberation. "There will be many sheep eaten in honor of Sadat," he said joyfully...
...civilians attacking soldiers of their own army was an apt symbol of the country's current acrimonious mood. During an emotional Cabinet meeting last week, Weizman and Foreign Minister Moshe Dayan fought successfully to prevent Begin from offering his hard-line plan for limited self-rule at the start of the autonomy talks. Instead, the two ministers won Cabinet approval to use the Begin plan only as an informal "guideline" during the negotiations...
...support for the Egyptian-Israeli peace treaty: I sincerely believe a first step toward a lasting peace must be made. For a long time nobody had the guts to try, and then Sadat did it. I believe his was a necessary step, a courageous one because without a start you can't do anything. Signing is only a first step, it is not the final step. The Egyptian government has assured us of this, and we believe what they...
Congressional action on some or all of them may come quickly. The rates will probably be allowed to rise in steps over a period of years, and there is a good chance that small savers will start to get a fairer share before 1980 is very...
...start off, they shortened from two years to just four months the time that it usually takes females to mate, lay eggs and hatch their young. How? By cleverly manipulating water temperatures and light exposures within the blockhouses, so the lobsters were duped into thinking they had passed through two full years of seasonal changes when only one-sixth that time had elapsed. Also, because their eggs were released into a controlled environment, free of predators, the survival rate among infants increased to 95%. In addition, by hiking water temperatures to 22° C (72° F), the scientists caused...