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Jan. 19, 2012
World & Nation
With the world’s attention now focused on the future of the Middle East, it is long past time to honor one of the greatest acts of statesmanship in the recent history of that troubled region: the role of President Jimmy Carter in securing the 1978 Camp David accords between Egypt and Israel.
Feb. 10, 1989
Politics
BOUNCING BACK?
Dec. 19, 1991
Housing & Homelessness
At 76, Judge David Carter knows he shouldn’t be on skid row exposing himself to the coronavirus. But he wants more for L.A.’s homeless people.
April 19, 2020
Former President Jimmy Carter arrived in Israel on Thursday on the eighth anniversary of the Camp David accords and called for a new phase of negotiations to bring peace to all the Middle East.
March 27, 1987
Books
There’s an air of tragedy hovering over Lawrence Wright’s excellent new book on the 1978 peace negotiations at Camp David, presided over by then-President Jimmy Carter.
Sept. 10, 2014
Music
In a first for the nation’s longest-running Beatles radio show, “Breakfast With the Beatles” host Chris Carter will devote Sunday’s show entirely to the music of David Bowie, although there will be some overlap thanks to Bowie’s interactions with members of the Fab Four.
Jan. 15, 2016
Seven months before the start of the 1978 Mideast peace conference at Camp David, President Jimmy Carter reached a secret pact with Egyptian President Anwar Sadat on a strategy intended to force concessions from Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin, according to a book to be published today by a former U.S. official.
March 5, 1986
Entertainment & Arts
Elliott Carter, one of the preeminent American composers of the past century, has died at 103.
Nov. 5, 2012
Elliott Carter, preeminent American composer, is dead at 103