Word: bigs
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...verge of collapse. Ever since serious popular unrest first broke out in Iran last August, the Administration had been voicing its support for the Shah and its confidence that he could prevail. Scarcely a year ago, in fact, the President had been busy planning his first big overseas trip; one of its high points was an elegant New Year's Eve celebration with the Shah in Tehran. Last week, when asked whether he thought the Shah could survive, Jimmy Carter sounded noticeably guarded, probably more so than he intended. "I don't know," he replied. "I hope...
...idea now. He believes the U.S. should pull all the backstage levers it can, should let the world know that Iran is critical to our interests, should send the Shah a public message that the U.S. still cares, and that it still knows a few tricks in the big power game. It has always been Helms' view-one his detractors call simplistic-that we are only as helpless as we think...
...doubts that outside forces, inimical to the Shah and the U.S. alike, have been stirring the broth in Iran. But they neither cooked the broth nor lit the fire under it. True, the KGB has a big station in Tehran. True, some Iranian leftists have been trained by the Palestinians. But the inescapable fact is that Communist and Arab agitation do not begin to explain the extent of opposition to the Shah, and there fore do not begin to justify a superpower confrontation...
...most officials suspect, the government is flexible, allowing schools to raise fees by more than the accepted federal price standard, tuition is sure to take another big jump...
...over the Crimson Tide in the annual Thanksgiving tournament bruited the name of Wagner throughout the basketball world. "It was a great opportunity for us," say Carlesimo, "it was such a big upset that both AP and UPI picked it up nationally...