Word: offing
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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Does Rogers really believe that the U.S. can force Israel to accept the proposed terms? Probably not; the Israelis insist that they will never accept an "imposed solution." Moreover, the Russians have engineered a 180° shift and announced that they would not accept the feature of the U.S. plan...
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Broker's Role. Basically, the U.S. is trying to regain leverage for itself among the Arab states-an attempt the British and French have been making in order to diminish Soviet influence. Thus, when the Israelis described the U.S. moves as appeasement, Rogers objected to the word. "It suggests...
One reason for the U.S. effort is obviously commercial, but equally important is the desire to restore normal relations with the Arabs without going back on the U.S. pledge to guarantee Israel's sovereignty. The effort is beginning to bear some fruit. Mauritania recently renewed diplomatic relations, which were...
The air force mounted its largest assault since the 1967 war. For more than eight hours, jets roared over Suez, shooting up artillery emplacements and setting fires at Egypt's Suez refineries. The principal targets were surface-to-air missile sites, and the destruction of SAM sites was a...