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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Wendy Carle, Elaine Holpuch and Karen Smith all popped for ten points in a typically balanced scoring attack. Caryn Curry, the dependable junior captain had seven assists in addition to her nine points...

Author: By Jeffrey R. Toobin, | Title: Cagers Rout Brown in Tourney Opener | 2/10/1979 | See Source »

...interest in Iran during the preceding years, as previously unpublished documents show. Alarmed by the continuing Soviet threat to Iran, Rear Admiral Roscoe Hillenkoetter, the chief of the Agency, sent a secret memo to President Truman on June 27, 1950. Hillenkoetter warned Truman that although the USSR would not attack Iran directly it would intensify its efforts "to build up subversive forces within Iran and...weaken the country by means of propaganda, border activities and diplomatic pressure." For the moment, however, the CIA was not unduly alarmed because the newly appointed government of General Ali Raumara maintained firm support...

Author: By Trevor Barnes, | Title: The CIA in Iran | 2/9/1979 | See Source »

...important factor in the situation, the Majlis or Iranian parliament, which voted soon afterwards for the immediate seizure of the oil industry and then named Mossadeq prime minister in April. Mossadeq immediately began talks with the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company to finalize nationalization and the following year commenced his attack on the royal prerogatives. His actions were seen by the CIA as evidence of a desire to create a communist state. Dulles stated bluntly later that "Communist...stooges took over power in Iran in 1953." This misinterpretation of Mossadeq's nationalism followed from cold war suspicion of the Soviets...

Author: By Trevor Barnes, | Title: The CIA in Iran | 2/9/1979 | See Source »

Joining Tredway in the winner's circle was Cornell's freshman netminder Brian Hayward, who neutralized the Harvard attack with 26 saves in the triumph that moved the Big Red into third place in Division. One of the ECAC with a 9-5 record...

Author: By Bill Scheft, | Title: Tredway's 'Trick' Treats Icemen to 4-2 Loss | 2/8/1979 | See Source »

...remain. A first is cost: the alarm sells for $1,500; parent training sessions, social worker home visits and a 24-hour hospital team of doctor, nurse and alarm repairman can bring the final tab to a daunting $4,000. Moreover, many apnea-prone babies die from a first attack, before parents are aware of the need for medical help. Most discouraging, apnea is almost certainly not the sole cause of SIDS (one Boston specialist puts the incidence rate at anywhere from 5% to 90% of all SIDS cases), so the alarm can only be a stopgap measure...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Alarming Babies | 2/5/1979 | See Source »

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