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...carefully cultivated air of mystic detachment cloaks an iron will, an inflexible devotion to simple ideas that he has preached for decades, and a finely tuned instinct for articulating the passions and rages of his people. Khomeini is no politician in the Western sense, yet he possesses the most awesome???and ominous ?of political gifts: the ability to rouse millions to both adulation and fury...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Man Of The Year: The Mystic Who Lit The Fires of Hatred | 1/7/1980 | See Source »

...Treasury aide initially told Carter that the increase would be the largest since 1921. Demonstrating his awesome???and to some advisers infuriating ?grasp of detail, the President quickly corrected him: there had been a one-point leap in 1933, and the 1921 boost the aide had been thinking of was actually a point and a quarter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: To Rescue the Dollar | 11/13/1978 | See Source »

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