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Sadat has profited from Nasser's mistakes. Where Nasser tended to divide the Arab world and constantly quarreled with fellow leaders, Sadat has worked toward consensus and has ended much of the feuding that formerly went on. He put the latest operation together, first by getting Syrian President Hafez Assad to agree to his invasion plans, and then by restoring King Hus sein to a position of importance in the Arab world (he had been in bad graces since his 1970 crackdown on the Palestinian guerrillas). With unity achieved, Sadat was ready for battle...
...Israelis-let alone the Arabs --last week. Instead, Kissinger put in 20-hour work days, mostly on the telephone, trying to enlist the support of other countries in working out a ceasefire. The U.S. called for the U.N. Security Council to convene, but Kissinger was unable to build a consensus among the permanent members of the Council-or the warring parties-for a resolution aimed at stopping the fighting. As the week passed without significant progress, Kissinger was obliged to cancel a quick trip to London and Bonn; like détente, "the Year of Europe" remains...
...same undefinable mish-mash of rock, jug-band, and jazz-type numbers he played with his group. Nobody on the newsboard had any of his records, so I dug up one semi-authoritative opinion: "His music's like thirties' jazz mixed in with a soap commercial." But the consensus is he's fun to hear...
Panelists also attacked the Federal revenue-sharing program. The program diverts Federal funds "away from the purposes in which there has developed a national consensus of national need," Haar said. "There is no way to insure that such funds will be expended to serve any national need...
Dunne said that the idea is "only under consideration," but members of the faculty committee, although unavailable for comment yesterday, have confirmed for The Tufts Observer that the group has reached a consensus favoring the tuition change...