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Well, not quite. The Shah had gained, at best, some breathing time in which to come to terms with his massive opposition. Oil workers were still on strike, costing Iran as much as $60 million a day in lost revenues and cutting production to as little as one-fifth of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: IRAN: Hard Choices in Tehran | 12/25/1978 | See Source »

Bending to U.S. and British pressure, Smith and the black council members accepted an American-proposed agenda for talks that would have five basic objectives. They are: 1) provisions for holding free and fair elections; 2) cease-fire arrangements; 3) agreement on a transitional administration to guide Rhodesia to true...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RHODESIA: Pinning an Elusive Prime Minister | 10/30/1978 | See Source »

Most dowsers seem to like nothing better than to regale skeptics with their accomplishments. Clarence Hollett of Willow Shade, Ky., styles himself as "the Mr. Doodlebug." In the dowser lexicon, doodlebugs are a special breed - diviners for oil. Hollett, a rotund, barrel-chested man, says he has found wells that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Vermont: Is Dowsing Going to the Dogs? | 10/9/1978 | See Source »

After the UMass defense stopped a Harvard surge on fourth-and-one at the Minuteman 3, the Crimson matched the effort by bending but not breaking on UMass's longest drive of the day.

Author: By John Donley, | Title: Crimson Gridders Zap Minutemen, 10-0 | 10/2/1978 | See Source »

To a degree, that is changing. Because industrial peace is so vital to the white supremacist government of Prime Minister John Vorster, labor inspectors seldom object to the bending of apartheid rules even in South African-owned plants. Since the presence of the multinationals is much valued by the regime...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: America's South African Dilemma | 9/18/1978 | See Source »

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