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...they have also been concerned about Sadat's abrupt and somewhat emotional withdrawal from the Foreign Ministers' talks in Jerusalem. Thus Carter was expected to praise Sadat's initiatives and urge him to work more patiently in low-key bargaining. Beyond that, U.S. officials felt it was important to strengthen Sadat's morale. Explained one insider: "We've simply got to give him the confidence that we're going to stick with it. At best, we want to lay the basis for a firm understanding for the months ahead, so that future disappointments don't lead to surprises and shifts...
...blunt address by Defense Minister Dmitri Ustinov. Standing in subfreezing weather, with his Politburo colleagues, atop Lenin's mausoleum, Ustinov, 69, made the obligatory bow to "the struggle for peace, détente and disarmament," then launched into vigorous affirmation of Moscow's determination "to further strengthen our armed capabilities" so that no potential foe "will risk violating our peaceful lives...
...Soviet leader since Stalin. At a reception after the parade, Brezhnev, who will be 71 next month, sounded considerably more conciliatory than had Defense Minister Ustinov. Offering a toast "to lasting peace on earth," he promised to "do everything in our power to ease the threat of war, to strengthen peaceful cooperation among states...
Wolf has already passed the quota of votes needed for election, approximately 3283. She said yesterday she expects her surplus of number one votes, when transferred, will strengthen the other slate members...
Certainly, the clash will do nothing to strengthen Carter's already tenuous links with business, which remains uncertain about the thrust and competence of his Administration and about the health of the economy. That uncertainty was mirrored on the New York Stock Exchange, where the Dow Jones industrial average dipped to a two-year low the very day of the President's press conference. The foreign exchange value of the U.S. dollar also fell to a near-record...