Word: basic
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...fairly close to the government argue that the U.S. began to take China seriously only after Beijing developed nuclear weapons in the '60s, and that India had to do the same to get Washington to treat it with respect," says TIME New Delhi correspondent Maseeh Rahman. "There's a basic feeling in New Delhi that the U.S. doesn't take India seriously - after all, the leading Republican presidential candidate couldn't even name India's prime minister...
...moment, I'll be thankful captain Trevor Allman has the basic decency to keep his hands out of freshman Brett Nowak's wallet--or worse...
...tension, no 'this is it' pep talk. It was all very Bill." Hauser walked through the "free media" strategy (which others say emphasizes local-television interviews in key districts). Bradley waved a hand and turned the conversation to the larger message question: How would the campaign knit together its basic themes for the final push? "He tells us where he wants to go and expects us to know how to get there," says an adviser. "He doesn't want to get down in the weeds...
That's not to say there aren't serious issues blocking progress: "The Syrians accepted a resumption of talks without their basic demand of an Israeli withdrawal to the 1967 borders being guaranteed," says MacLeod. "But they made it clear that this demand had to receive priority in the talks. If Israel is reluctant to give that guarantee at the outset - which it plainly has been - the Syrians may be trying to underline the seriousness of their demands...
...agreement he signs with Syria. Selling peace with Syria to the Israeli public will be an arduous task. In a recent poll taken by the prominent Israeli newspaper Yediot Aharonot, 54 percent of Israelis said they would oppose a full withdrawal from the Golan--Syria's most basic demand. Although Israel holds no ideological claims to the land, Israelis of all political stripes have grown emotionally attached to the Golan Heights. The territory has been part of Israel since 1967 and more than 17,00 Israelis live there today. The best wine in Israel comes from the Golan...