Word: callings
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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There is a vaguely James Bondian flavor to the wiry Nitze. As chief strategist for the Committee on the Present Danger, he resides in a Virginia penthouse office with a glass wall. The Soviets call him "the white-haired hawk." Many U.S. arms experts would agree, believing that Nitze has narrowed his vision to statistics, which cannot tell the full story of power. They counter his figures with compelling arguments that without a treaty the arms race will grow, and the Russians will gain even more unless the U.S. adds massively to its own arsenal...
...wounded and an Iranian embassy employee was killed. After two hours of skirmishing, the attackers seized the embassy and took its occupants, including Ambassador William H. Sullivan, as prisoners. It is likely that only the intervention of forces loyal to the Ayatullah, who responded to Sullivan's desperate call for help, prevented even more mayhem...
...Marxists eager to expand and control the revolution. Their next step could prove crucial. Says a U.S. expert on Iran: "If things should reach the point where the revolution is threatened, and the idea of an Islamic republic is in jeopardy, it would not be surprising to see Khomeini call for an armed putdown of his erstwhile allies." In short, there is still no final answer to the question of who rules Iran...
...with Giuseppe." Hers was Sunday. Scheduling was left to No. 1, who juggled Giuseppe's nocturnal appointments around illnesses and other exigencies. "There was no jealousy at all," said No. 2, ignoring the fact that Wife Concetta had no number, let alone night, to call her own. Indeed, Concetta got fed up with Giuseppe's if-this-is-Wednesday-this-must-be-Fortunata lifestyle, left home and moved in with her father. But divorce? Unthinkable. "Divorce a man like Giuseppe?" she said. "Please, how can you say such a stupid thing...
Well, what's happened to Danny Jiggetts is that Chicago drafted him in the sixth round ("I hadn't gotten a call all day, so I was heading out to Jack's with my roommates, when the phone rang") and he's been playing on the second string there ever since...