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Egypt was almost equally adamant. When Strauss presented the proposal to Sadat, the Egyptian President called the plan "stupid." Sadat wanted nothing to slow the Camp David timetable calling for Egypt in January to regain two-thirds of the Sinai, including valuable oilfields. He feared that a U.S. proposal on the Palestinians would so outrage the Israelis that they might find some pretext to delay in fulfilling their Camp David conditions or to walk out of the current autonomy talks aimed at granting some self-rule to West Bank and Gaza Palestinians...
After that, I stayed out of the room. I auditioned in vain for plays, trying to regain the cameraderie of my old theater group. But I got rejected again and again, and I finally took refuge in libraries, trying to study my way out of my depression and loneliness. In this morass, I clung to the one human and intellectual contact of that first semester: a freshman seminar on China taught by a man who honestly cared not only about our intellectual development, but also about our personal adjustments to Harvard...
...your existence becomes so cocooned, it's time to escape. You can walk around the city to regain a sense of perspective, or even head for a weekend in New Hampshire or New York, or curl up with a mystery novel. Chances are, however, that you won't have much time to flee, and that you'll want to find a spot isolated from roommates typing Expos papers and neighbors blasting Springsteen out the window. Tucked away in odd corners, Harvard does provide idyllic spots for contemplation, quiet places where you can sit back for a moment and enjoy being...
After that, I stayed out of the room. I auditioned in vain for plays, trying to regain the cameraderie of my old theater group. But I got rejected again and again, and I finally took refuge in libraries, trying to study my way out of my depression and loneliness. In this morass, I clung to the one human and intellectual contact of that first semester: a freshman seminar on China taught by a man who honestly cared not only about our intellectual development, but also about our personal adjustments to Harvard...
...couple of years ago, though, the Kinks signed with Arista and decided to regain some popularity and sales. The double-album rock operas stopped flowing from Ray Davies' pen, and instead out popped instant, catchy, and only slightly pre-digested album sides of five marketable songs...