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When the shaky government of Prime Minister Mehdi Bazargan collapsed earlier this month, civilian administration in Iran virtually ceased to exist. In its place stood a powerful, 15-member committee composed of six Islamic mullahs and seven secular figures (there are two vacancies at present) and officially called the Islamic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Who Is Governing Iran? | 12/3/1979 | See Source »

Carter first discussed the campaign chairmanship with Strauss earlier this year, but the garrulous Texan hankered after a more statesmanlike job. He won the Middle East assignment last April, but when he discovered that his down-home diplomatic style did not produce quick results, he grew restless. Spurred on by...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Thank God Almighty... | 11/19/1979 | See Source »

Later that morning, yet another traditional portent of stormy political weather in Washington appeared at the White House. Gaunt and dignified, former Secretary of Defense Clark Clifford, 72, the all-purpose confidant of every Democratic President since Harry Truman, was coming to give what aid he could. Carrying his hat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Search for a Way Out | 10/8/1979 | See Source »

Connally headed the Democrats for Nixon in 1972 and returned to Washington during the Watergate crisis for 2% months as a presidential adviser. But it was not until 1973, soon after the death of the Texas politician who first brought him to Washington, that he finally switched parties. One political...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hot on the Campaign Trail | 9/10/1979 | See Source »

Using Stingo as his narrator, Styron follows these three characters through a long hot summer. Stingo wrestles with his novel, watches a strange deterioration in his friend Nathan and becomes increasingly the confidant of Sophie. Her tale evolves slowly, hesitantly; she is riven with the guilt of a survivor. There...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BOOKS: Riddle of a Violent Century | 6/11/1979 | See Source »

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