Word: reaction
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Pines first appreciated the significance of the Middle East in 1956 when, at 16, he avidly followed the Suez Crisis. Eleven years later, after earning his B.A. and master's degrees in history at the University of Wisconsin, he found himself reporting on European reaction to the 1967 Arab-Israeli war as a newly hired TIME correspondent stationed in Bonn...
...fact that peace has its hazards ?and that it will cost U.S. taxpayers a large amount of money (see box)?should not dim the luster of Carter's diplomatic triumph. Reaction to it has nearly been unanimously positive. "A minor miracle," exclaimed Jim Wright, Democratic majority leader in the House of Representatives. Said New Hampshire Democratic Chief Romeo Dorval: "Now the President can tackle bread-and-butter issues with more confidence. People will look to him with more respect because of what he's accomplished. It was quite a gamble, but worth it." The Republicans made little effort...
...treaty commitment involving a possible cost to the U.S. was the American guarantee that it would provide oil from its own resources if Israel cannot buy its normal oil supplies on the world market. Of greater concern in Congress than the cost, if any, is the likely adverse public reaction to sending oil to Israel if there are shortages within the U.S. The Administration argues, however, that any Israeli oil deficiency would be an insignificant portion of U.S. supplies...
...going to happen on that airplane−it's going to be a catastrophe. It almost happened here when the Congressman was nearly killed here. [A cultist had attacked Ryan with a knife.] You can't take off with people's children without expecting a violent reaction. [Some of the defectors were children whose parents had split on whether to flee or stay.] We've been so terribly betrayed...
...short, the U.S. does well by doing good. What is needed is a reorganization of the aid program in order to centralize its di rection, clarify its aims and display to the U.S. people that its lofty missions can produce down-to-earth results. As the early reaction to Carter's multibillion-dollar pledge in the Middle East showed last week, the nation is willing enough to assist other peoples if there is a reasonable promise that the investment will produce political or humanitarian benefits. -Frank Trippett