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...pressure on Egyptian President Anwar Sadat to abandon the Camp David peace process and break relations with Israel. Shortly after the Knesset's action on Jerusalem, Sadat shot off an 18-page letter to Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin, explaining that he had no choice but to suspend the Egyptian-Israeli talks on Palestinian autonomy (see box). Sadat's decision won him plaudits among his estranged Arab neighbors. Morocco's King Hassan II and Jordan's King Hussein have joined the Saudis in trying to lure Sadat back to the Arab fold, and have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MIDDLE EAST: Jihad for Jerusalem | 8/25/1980 | See Source »

...ruling set the Justice Department scrambling to get one of the nine vacationing Supreme Court Justices to issue a stay order that would suspend the Philadelphia decision. At week's end, barely 40 hours before registration was to begin, Justice William J. Brennan Jr. granted the stay from his summer home on Nantucket Island, Mass. As a result, registration will proceed as planned pending a final decision on the case by the full court, possibly by early fall...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: No Draft Without Women Too | 7/28/1980 | See Source »

...Eugene, Ore. including many communities that had so far largely escaped the sooty downpour. Along the coast, thousands of Memorial Day tourists were stranded by the poor visibility and impossible road conditions. In Portland which likes to call itself the "most livable city," the International Airport was forced to suspend operations, while a Pacific Coast League baseball game was "ashed out." Residents donned surgical and industrial face masks, if they could find any, and there was arun on pantyhose to protect auto carburetors. When a light drizzle began turning the ash into a pasty goo, even street sweepers and water...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: No End Seems to Be in Sight | 6/9/1980 | See Source »

...educator widely admired by both blacks and Miami's top white officials, Jones had tried to cover up the attempted misuse of funds. Reno quickly called a rare Saturday session of a grand jury to get him indicted; the school board called an equally unusual Sunday session to suspend him from his job. Jones was quickly convicted of theft and is awaiting sentence. Although his guilt was demonstrated, many Miami blacks saw the swift action against Jones as markedly different from Reno's failure to prosecute the physical crimes committed by white police...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Fire and Fury in Miami | 6/2/1980 | See Source »

...armored personnel carriers crept up in case they were needed to back up beleaguered police. One policeman was killed, while scores of both police and students were seriously injured. Hundreds of other protesters were arrested, many of them none too gently. The trouble subsided after student leaders agreed to suspend the demonstrations to give the government a chance to respond to their demands...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SOUTH KOREA: Chun: A Shadowy Strongman | 5/26/1980 | See Source »

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