Word: ayatullah
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...news, for better or for worse." There have been designees very plainly in the latter category-Adolf Hitler (1938), Joseph Stalin (1939)-but selection has never necessarily connoted either the magazine's, or the world's, approval of the subject. Thus the editors had little difficulty naming Ayatullah Ruhollah Khomeini, intransigent leader of the Iranian revolution, as TIME'S Man of the Year...
...impact of the Ayatullah on world events is far greater than merely the hostage crisis," says World Editor John Elson, who edited the opening story, written by Senior Writer George Church, and the additional stories by Church and Associate Editor William Smith. Sums up Elson: "Khomeini has ignited a messianic fervor to destroy Western influence that may spread throughout the Arab world, and a xenophobic nationalism that could be exported even to non-Islamic Third World nations...
...Correspondents Bruce van Voorst and Roland Flamini in Tehran, reporting the story was a race against two deadlines, TIME'S own and that of the Iranian government, which was preparing their expulsion. Van Voorst had been promised a private interview with the Ayatullah in early November, but no date was set for the meeting. As the year's end approached, the correspondents found themselves subjected to increasing surveillance from mysterious cars parked outside TIME'S office, fortnightly warnings from the ministry that issued their credentials, and a visit from revolutionary tribunal agents who thoroughly searched the bureau...
...Ayatullah Khomeini no way of uniting his so-called religious nation other than through the common hatred of the U.S. [Dec. 10]? If that is all he can give the Iranian people, besides a 13th century lifestyle, then perhaps they should refrain from their incessant demonstrating and make a closer examination of Khomeini and his policies...
...quite surprised the Ayatullah Khomeini hasn't blamed the U.S. for the recent earthquakes in northeastern Iran -or maybe he just hasn't thought...