Word: tempts
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...first objective of the Foreign Ministers' meeting in Jerusalem this week will be to find a formula for the West Bank and Gaza Strip that both Israel and Egypt can accept, and one, moreover, that would tempt Jordan's King Hussein into joining the negotiations. Sadat's proposals, which he discussed with President Carter at Aswan two weeks ago, still envision self-determination (though not specifically statehood); in the declaration of principles, the Egyptians are ready to accept a phrase such as "a solution of the Palestinian problem in all its aspects." Cairo is also prepared...
...special accommodations. To avoid appearing to have made his own deal at the expense of his Arab colleagues, Sadat could refuse to sign a formal peace treaty but instead initial a memorandum of understanding that would call for major withdrawals by Israel from the occupied territories. This might tempt Jordan, and eventually Syria, to talk separately with Israel...
...rift between Mugabe and Joshua Nkomo, who as head of ZAPU (Zimbabwe African People's Union) is co-leader of the so-called Patriotic Front. By devastating Mugabe's guerrillas-but leaving Nkomo's Zambia-based guerrilla forces untouched-Smith may have been trying to tempt Nkomo into joining Muzorewa and Sithole at the talks...
...shipping executive, by threatening antitrust action against the American members. Since 1916, U.S. members of shipping conferences have been exempt from antitrust laws, but Justice is making noises about ending that freedom in line with President Carter's deregulation policy. A U.S. pullout from the conferences would scarcely tempt the Soviets to join...
...stay here if my work didn't take me away for such extended periods," he says. "This place is my fixed foot." A staff writer at The New Yorker ("The job translates as 'unsalaried freelance'") since 1965, McPhee enjoys a freedom from deadlines that would tempt most journalists into sloth and several other deadly sins. Not McPhee. Reporting completed and notes arranged, he marches into a routine now familiar to members of his extended family (four daughters from his first marriage live near by; his second wife Yolanda also has four children). He goes to his office...