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Neiman-Marcus, with its proved disdain for small change, is by no means the only luxury store to move into the Washington market. Saks Fifth Avenue, Bloomingdale's, Lord & Taylor, all have opened one or more outlets in or near the capital; all have done well enough to tempt established stores such as Hecht's and Woodward & Lothrop to retreat from their old bargain-counter ways. Mercedes-Benz thinks well enough of the area to service it with five agencies...
...over her head and her legs wrapped around the greatest actor in the world--the first director of Great Britain's National Theater, member of the British Parliament, now 70 years old--who is grunting and whacking away at her. "The Harold Robbins people," the ads for The Betsy tempt: "What you dream, they do." Not in my wildest nightmares have I ever dreamed anything like that...
...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...