Word: branches
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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There is a variety of interagency committees in the Executive Branch, backed up by special laws and watchdog Congressmen, to make sure that foreign aid requests are vetted with an eye to whether the recipient country tortures political prisoners or is embarked on its own Manhattan Project...
...most powerful influence that cemented Khomeini's hold on his country is the spirit of Shi'ism?the branch of Islam to which 93% of Iran's 35.2 million people belong. In contrast to the dominant Sunni wing of Islam, Shi'ism emphasizes martyrdom; thus many Iranians are receptive to Khomeini's speeches about what a "joy" and "honor" it would be to die in a war with the U.S. Beyond that, Shi'ism allows for the presence of an intermediary between God and man. Originally, the mediators were twelve imams, who Shi'ites believe were the rightful successors...
Early on, crowds of shoppers were thin, so many stores launched sales or devised promotional gimmicks. The May Co. in Cleveland offered its credit customers $1,000 gift certificates for $900. At a tony branch of Garfinckel's in Washington, D.C., shoppers were culled off the street by a dinner-jacketed pianist stationed at the main entrance who played Cole Porter songs on a baby grand. Late in the month, however, sales picked up smartly almost everywhere. Several stores-Rich's in Atlanta, Hudson's in Detroit, Bloomingdale's in Manhattan-toted up record...