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...world leaders ever conceived, let alone enacted. In the end it turned out, against all expectations, to be a summit of astonishing and perhaps ultimately historic achievement. After 13 days of being cloistered with their closest aides at Camp David, President Jimmy Carter, Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Premier Menachem Begin emerged Sunday night to sign before the television cameras and the watching world two documents that were giant efforts toward peace in the Middle East. Though considerable obstacles and hard bargaining remain, it was a major breakthrough in areas that have defied all the efforts...
...happening at the bargaining tables. After advocating "open diplomacy" in his election campaign and first months in office, Carter proved himself a master of the old-fashioned art of secret negotiations. He even managed to get silence from the often leak-prone Israelis. Premier Begin, for example, told his colleagues in Jerusalem by telephone that he could not say much about the talks because Carter had asked him not to. When Defense Minister Weizman was asked by newsmen how the Israelis were doing, he cryptically responded: "We are doing...
...speech to the lower house of parliament, the Shah's new Premier, Jaafar Sharif-Emami, conceded that Iran was "paying a price" for the manner in which its economic programs had been conducted. The Premier promised that the government's liberalization program, under which no fewer than 40 political parties have formed, would result in new "political freedoms and social justice." The government promised to allow the parties time to organize and campaign before next June's promised elections...
...Premier also easily won a vote of confidence on the Shah's program of modernization and reforms, but not before the tiny, vocal parliamentary opposition turned the session into a freewheeling discussion of grievances. In an impassioned speech, Ali Asghar Mazhari an independent deputy, evoked cheers and tears with a stinging-and what short time ago would have been unthinkable-rebuke to the Shah. "While the majority of the people may have been silent this did not mean they were stupid and did not know what was going on," said Mazhari. "They knew. And they will continue to protest...
...Nobel officials that she conducted for her 1977 study of the Nobels, Scientific Elite. As Zuckerman acknowledges, Nobel judges generally argue that the roster of prizewinners is not intended as an all-inclusive list of the best scientific work. But Zuckerman fears that unless eligibility becomes wider, the premier reputation of the Nobels is bound to decline. However the Nobel Foundation eventually responds to her criticisms and those of others, the increasing numbers of first-rate scientists in all disciplines make it likely that the Nobel Prizes will continue to commemorate excellence, as Zuckerman notes, "not throughout the domain...