In 1973, Time also carried the earliest print citation of proximity talks.

He will seek to organize "proximity talks" between Greek and Turkish Cypriot leaders.

"That's what proximity talks means?"

Yes," Vershbow replied, "proximity talks - that's the buzzword for this notion of shuttling, but within one site.

"I was the one who coined proximity talks," he stated without equivocation.

So I called it proximity talks.

Some of the Protestants still say they want "proximity talks," in which the parties are in separate rooms with intermediaries shuttling between them.

David Trimble, the head of the Ulster Unionist Party, has indicated that he wants proximity talks.

The negotiations are termed proximity talks because Pakistan has refused to meet Afghanistan face to face since Soviet troops joined the fray in 1979.

Mr. Cordovez acts as mediator between the two sides in what have become known as "proximity talks."