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After the humiliation of the Six-Day War of 1967, Nasser mixed bluster and bullets in his efforts to regain Sinai and the Gaza Strip from Israel. He succeeded only in accumulating 20,000 casualties in his fruitless "war of attrition," and was more than glad to negotiate a ceasefire. Sadat, with a calm and moderate approach and the subtlety of a bazaar merchant, has managed in four months to put Israel on the diplomatic defensive. First, in a major shift in Arab policy, he announced his willingness to recognize Israel's right to exist in return for the restoration...
...canal will probably never regain the vital position of strategic and commercial pre-eminence that it once had. Shippers-and particularly, oil companies-have learned to live without it, chiefly through the use of huge supertankers, which can bring oil from the Persian Gulf to Europe around the Cape of Good Hope more cheaply than the smaller tankers that used to ply the canal. The Trans-Israel Pipeline now transports 19 million tons of oil a year, from Eilat to Ashkelon. Egypt, with French and Italian aid, will begin building its own $210 million pipeline from Port Suez to Alexandria...
...Witnesses charged with civil contempt receive only a hearing. Their sentences are normally for the life of the Grand Jury which they refused to testify before. Imprisonment for civil contempt is considered "coercive" rather than "punitive," since the witnesses can regain their freedom by testifying...
Bypassed. On the other hand, Laird could elect to return to the House-he would be an odds-on favorite to regain his old seat in Wisconsin's Seventh District-to pursue his once announced ambition of becoming Speaker. "That is where he would feel most comfortable," says a friend, "and Laird has 14 to 20 years more public service in him. He could go for the big one later...
...Gardner. A correspondence between Mrs. Jack and her protege Berenson commenced, yet his unproductive and lackluster early years of study brought a stop to the letters and financial encouragement of Mrs. Gardner. Not until 1894, when Berenson presented her with "a little book on Venetian painting," was he to regain her confidence, this time a confidence great enough for her to want him as her art consultant...