Word: trooped
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Sources in Washington said the U.S. government had learned earlier of the big troop and weapons movements toward the frontier and one high level source said, "It sounds like much more than a small raid...
...middle of the arid winter season, the water holes will have dried up; the soldiers will have to quench their thirst at the stagnant pools buffaloes use for wallowing. Ticks, fleas and horseflies are constant irritants, and at night elephant herds have been known to lumber blindly through troop positions. But the main hazard is the growing number of guerrillas coming across the borders. Says one major: "No army has ever had to fight a guerrilla war like this, on a one-to-one basis...
Sadat, TIME has learned, made a six-point proposal for meeting Israel's security needs that impressed U.S. officials with its flexibility. The plan envisioned some Israeli military strongpoints remaining on the West Bank following a general troop withdrawal. It also called for U.N. military control of the strategic site of Sharm el Sheikh, and stationing of almost all Egyptians in the Sinai to the west of the strategic Mitla and Giddi passes, with a U.N. force east of the passes and creation of a large "buffer zone...
Another imbalance exists in the types of stories newsmen select to cover, Freed said. While a "flashy story, such as South Korean Tong Sun Park's alleged bribing of Congressmen, receives a lot of coverage, a more important story, such as American troop withdrawal from Korea, receives comparatively little," he said...
...wrenching halt. First, Sadat abruptly recalled his Foreign Minister, Mohammed Ibrahim Kamel, from negotiations in Jerusalem involving a declaration of principles for a comprehensive settlement. In retaliation, Israel announced that it would not return negotiators to the parallel military talks in Cairo, which dealt with possible Israeli troop withdrawals in the Sinai...