Word: als
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Third World War, Hackett. et al...
...something quite special of the famous funeral scene. He has tried to enroll the audience among the mourning citizenry by deploying a lot of bit players in the balcony and on the sides. This device usually is nothing but an annoying distraction--as it was in the recent execrable Al Pacino Richard III in New York. But Freedman has orchestrated his plebeians so carefully that his gamble pays...
...true this tale was. And how initially refreshing. The gasoline lines in New York City indeed snake to the horizon. Even the natives may purchase gas only on an odd day here, an even there. Lo, how it heartened them to know that the inconvenienced diplomat was Salah Omar al-Ali, the ambassador from Iraq, he whose land has helped make oil dear as gold...
...Seyyed Mostafa al Moussavi, had six children, the youngest of whom was Ruhollah, which in Farsi means Sign of God. A few months after Ruhollah's birth-for which one plausible date is May 17, 1900-his father was murdered on the road between Khomein and Arak as he set out on a pilgrimage to the Shi'a holy city of Najaf in Iraq. In later years there have been stories circulated that Mostafa's death was somehow caused by Reza Shah, father of the recently exiled Emperor. In fact, Reza was only about 22 years...
...told Treasury Secretary Michael Blumenthal and White House Domestic Affairs Adviser Stuart Eizenstat that without aid Chrysler would soon cease to be a major force in the U.S. car market. He repeated this two weeks ago to Senate Finance Committee Chairman Russell Long and House Ways and Means Chairman Al Ullman. Riccardo asked for tax relief that would bring an immediate cash refund to the company...