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...door securely locked in 1975 when Henry Kissinger promised Israel that the U.S. would not deal with the P.L.O. unless the organization met Washington's preconditions. In the end, the words Arafat finally uttered were less significant than the intent Washington glimpsed of a P.L.O. apparently ready to swap its strategy of intransigence for the bargaining table...
...softened his tune last Friday, however, after getting together with Andrus, New Mexico Governor Garrey Carruthers and top DOE brass in Salt Lake City. All parties agreed on a shaky compromise. They will press Congress to pass quickly a land-swap bill essential to opening WIPP, DOE will not only search for an interim storage site, but will also provide financial assistance to the states. Andrus might let some waste back into Idaho. Even so, Andrus estimated that chances for solving the waste disposal problem had improved only from 1 in 10 to fifty-fifty...
...about a swap with the Los Angeles Lakers? Bird for Magic Johnson...
...first instinct is to turn to the people who share their problems: other political families. Last week in New Orleans spouses and children of elected officials gathered to swap survival tactics at a conference sponsored by the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy. They heard the results of a survey of 1,000 politicians, their spouses and children on their attitudes toward campaigning, media coverage and other pressures, sponsored by an Indiana-based self-help group called Partners in Politics. "Families of public officials have to learn how to do their job well without suffering in the process," says...
...arms control. Reagan's proposal was conceived by former National Security Adviser Robert McFarlane as a great sting operation, Talbott reveals, designed to get the Soviets to trade away their heavy land-based missiles. Nitze's fervent goal was to cap his career with a "Grand Compromise" that would swap a reduction of offensive missiles for restrictions on strategic defenses. But to do this he often had to operate behind the back of the President. At the Reykjavik summit Nitze almost saw his dream fulfilled, only to have it dashed by the President's last-minute intransigence. Even then, Nitze...