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Word: ayatullah (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Ayatullah Khomeini, with his campaign of terror and death, may have captured Iran; however, John Paul II, with his mission of peace and compassion, has captured the world...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Dec. 17, 1979 | 12/17/1979 | See Source »

...TIME's Man of the Year, I suggest a dual cover featuring Pope John Paul II and Ayatullah Khomeini. They have dramatically represented the forces for good and evil in the world...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Dec. 17, 1979 | 12/17/1979 | See Source »

Here's Jimmy Carter with 19 warships in the Indian Ocean area, trying to figure out the Ayatullah Khomeini, neutralize Henry Kissinger, keep abreast of the Shah's gallstones, and suddenly this Idaho character wanders into Tehran and tries to take over the President...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY by HUGH SIDEY: A New Kind of Crisismonger | 12/10/1979 | See Source »

...fifth day. Documents found on the bodies of several of the invaders established that they were South Yemenis; some of their wallets contained pictures of Iran's Ayatullah Khomeini. Mohammed's men were now fighting hit-and-run skirmishes. Many descended into the cavernous maze of the basement, which is honeycombed with the foundations of previous mosques built on the site...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Struggle for the Sacred Mosque | 12/10/1979 | See Source »

...guard. She knew how. When Mayor Daley was faced with a rebellious politician, Byrne's in stincts were: "Why don't you cut him up a little bit?" Lately she has been slashing so ferociously at errant machine members that the press has dubbed her Ayatullah Jane...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Calamity Jane Strikes Again | 12/10/1979 | See Source »

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