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...Ford suspended a total of 43.1 million in payments to the Paris-based United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) That body had voted in favor of a resolution that cut off UNESCO funding to Israel for altering the historical features" of Jerusalem. In 1977 the Carter Administration withdrew from the U.N.-sponsored International Labor Organization (ILO) in response to that organization's attacks on U.S. policy in the Middle East. Two years later, explaining that the ILO had decided to return to its basic principles, the U S rejoined the Geneva-based body...
...York; Carlo Bini could be excused for believing it was. As the designated cover for Placido Domingo in Ponchielli's La Gioconda, Bini was sitting in the audience studying the production so that he could take the hero's role several days later. When Domingo withdrew with a cold after the first act, however, Bini was propelled onto the stage...
...evening news. On Friday, the FDA belatedly advised consumers to "avoid in prudence" all bottles of the capsules. By then it was virtually impossible to obtain Extra-Strength Tylenol anywhere in the Chicago area or indeed in many locations around the country. Two Midwestern retail chains, Jewel and Walgreen, withdrew all bottles of the pain reliever from their stores...
...within his Cabinet. Interior Minister Yosef Burg, Welfare and Labor Minister Aharon Uzan and Minister Without Portfolio Mordechai Ben-Porat publicly announced that they would demand a full commission of inquiry at a formal meeting of the Cabinet. The implication was clear: the government would fall if those ministers withdrew their support. Even Begin seemed to realize that defiance was hopeless. On the eve of the crucial Cabinet meeting, his aides passed the word that he was receptive to the idea of a judicial probe...
Sadat stated that absolutely no military control would be permitted over Egyptian territory by Israel, the U.S. or any other nation, and that Egypt had no use for the airstrips the Israelis had built. He would prefer that they be plowed up when the Israelis withdrew. Begin then asked about whether Sadat would keep his commitment that the Strait of Tiran would be an open international waterway. Sadat replied, "Of course. I said so before, and I will keep my promise...