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...consequences threatened not only the freedom of Cambodia but our entire position in Viet Nam. We would, if the Lon Nol government collapsed, confront all of Cambodia as a Communist base, stretching 600 miles along the border of South Viet Nam. Vietnamization and American withdrawal would then come unstuck. So we were being driven toward support of Lon Nol hesitantly, reluctantly, in response to circumstances in Cambodia that we could neither forecast nor control...
...problem of all: the "linkage" between the treaty and further negotiations toward a wider peace between Israel and its other Arab neighbors. In the opinion of U.S. diplomats, the negotiators have actually had an agreement on a linkage formula for at least two weeks, but things seem to come unstuck when the delegations return home to seek the approval of their governments. Two weeks ago, for example, Israeli Premier Menachem Begin, who was on a visit to the U.S. and Canada, sent Defense Minister Ezer Weizman back to Jerusalem to secure the Cabinet's acceptance of a compromise proposal...
...back in another incarnation." Hawkins is a bare survivor of '50s ock; his Hawks went on to better things as The Band while he grew bloated. Ronee Blakelee is as terrified of Dylan in the movie as she was on stage in the tour. Only Blue keeps credence, unstuck in time as he is, recalling the time he took a bus to New York and came back with Camus' The Myth of Sysiphus...
...April for ceremonies marking the 30th anniversary of Israel's independence. But after their experience of Sadat's depression and changeability, some insiders doubted that Carter would want to wait that long. Said one: "The President wants Begin here as soon as possible to get things unstuck before what's left goes poof...
...Neill, who assembled an ad hoc energy committee to make sure he had tight control of the bill's fate on his turf. But in the Senate, where the rules of procedure do not permit tight organization as in the House, the plan has come completely unstuck. The dismemberment has been greatly aided by an intense lobbying effort by the oil industry, whose powerful friends include Louisiana Democrat Russell Long, chairman of the Finance Committee. Generally, the House voted to retain oil and gas price controls and increase energy taxes-two important aspects of the Carter plan. The Senate...