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...months of labor unrest that has spread to nearly every sector of the economy. Demands ranged from pay hikes to compensate for Iran's oil-fueled inflation (officially pegged at 50%) to political reforms, an end to martial law and the release of all remaining political prisoners. Stung by a strike that involved 1 million civil servants and government workers, authorities by and large have acted swiftly to satisfy many of the grievances. Government workers were granted wage increases ranging from 25% to more than 100% as well as such fringe benefits as subsidized housing. To help...
...three leaders meet alone. Begin blisters Sadat proposal, point by point. Keeps jabbing his finger at the paper in front of him. Begin accuses Sadat of purposely attacking while Israelis worshiped for Yom Kippur in 1973. Sadat, stung, calls the attack a "strategic deception." Retorts Begin: "It's still deception." Sadat and Begin keep interrupting each other, sometimes shouting. "Please let him finish, Mr. President," Carter pleads with Sadat during one exchange. Emotions subside after more than three hours. An Israeli later warns an American that Begin and Sadat should not meet for a while. Begin worries own delegation...
...concession. But instead of sending the Israeli rejection through private channels, Begin publicly announced after the meeting that "nobody can get anything for nothing, and this is going to be the policy of Israel." Sadat, who had never intended that his informal request should be publicized at all, was stung. When Begin's letter informing him of the decision arrived the next day, he rejected it. As a further sign of his fury, Sadat then ordered home the nine-man Israeli military mission that had remained in Egypt since the military talks broke off in February. Later in the week...
...battle with the crosscurrents of high hopes and deep cynicism that eddied around him; there were those who thought his career was a classic case study in media hype. Although most of these critics never listened to his records or saw him in concert, the charge still stung. Celebrity had hit Springsteen with unexpected force. One of his crew members recalls that the afternoon of his first London concert Springsteen found every seat in the house covered with enthusiastic, often evangelic, reviews and "started tearing them all up. He just wasn't ready." Later, he handled the fuss...
...other areas, however, Carter has appeared less adept. Stung and baffled by the appearance of Cubans as an influence in Africa, the White House has alternately blustered and equivocated. The Administration failed to offer conclusive evidence for its charge that Cubans were deeply involved in the recent invasion of Zaire by Katangese rebels. To many observers, it seemed a risk of presidential credibility on a marginal and ill-documented controversy...