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...Syria, the discussions were a particularly terrible travail. Explained one high government official last week: "Here is a country that has been isolated from the rest of the world. On top of the political aggravations it faced was its psychological withdrawal into itself. Its physical relationship to Israel made the drawing of a line through the Golan Heights?on the other side of which were Israeli settlements?a tremendously difficult experience. Every step along the way was very tough. Time and time again the Syrians had to go through the process of resisting what was needed to get an agreement...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MIDDLE EAST: The Miracle Worker Does It Again | 6/10/1974 | See Source »

...felt that the guests we were having address the group should not have to spend all the time and travail involved in coming up from Washington for so few people," he said...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Low Attendance Leads to Disbandment Of Political Study Group on Watergate | 3/22/1974 | See Source »

...finally disengaged from its ordeal in Viet Nam and embarked on hopeful new relations with the Communist superpowers, that elusive generation of peace had suddenly seemed more than a wistful illusion. Much of the nation's population, drawn by both fear and fascination to the unprecedented personal travail of the President and Vice President, had turned its attention inward, where so many neglected problems demanded action. The tidings of Yom Kippur, the Jewish High Holiday, were a grim reminder that the world beyond is part and parcel of America's continuing concerns. Once again the pursuit of peace...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AMERICAN NOTES: The World Intrudes | 10/15/1973 | See Source »

...represent the many families who at long last knew that the husband and father was coming home soon. The cover story on the mood and meaning of the long-delayed, long-hoped-for event is the work of Associate Editor Lance Morrow, who has written much about the travail of America during...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher, Feb. 19, 1973 | 2/19/1973 | See Source »

...Pentagon pa pers suggested, all of the expertise does not necessarily yield sound policy; the decision-making apparatus can achieve a blind momentum of its own. Worse, the White House may deceive Congress about its true intentions. Congressional intervention might well have averted, or shortened, some of the travail-and the need to make a case for Congress might have improved the quality of Executive decision making...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: The Crack in the Constitution | 1/15/1973 | See Source »

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