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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Shah left Tehran yesterday for a two-day vacation in Jajroud, a ski resort approximately 40 miles east of the capital city...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Shah Leaves Tehran For Brief Rest; Opponent Asks His Life Imprisonment | 1/5/1979 | See Source »

Sometimes, yeah...I would've had more East Coast friends and more East Coast orientation...But as I look back now, Cal, or Boalt Hall, was the best law school in the country, even better than Harvard...

Author: By Paul A. Attanasio, | Title: Casus Belli | 1/4/1979 | See Source »

Although China is eager to increase trade with foreign nations the United States is, "in terms of trade and commercial exchanges, only one on a list, with France and Japan ahead of us," Patrick G. Maddox, director of external affairs for the Council on East Asian Studies, said yesterday...

Author: By Jill FRIED Lander, | Title: Professors Urge Cautions Optimism Towards New Relationship With China | 1/3/1979 | See Source »

Such transformations of nouns into verbs became epidemic in 1978. "How does this impact on the Middle East?" reporters wanted to know. "Has branded merchandise Peter Principled?" asked a chain-store magazine. Governments prioritized, runners marathoned, technocrats moduled their problems, diplomats liased with their colleagues, vans slept six. It was that sort of verbiage that once prompted James Thurber to inquire about a restaurant meal, "How many does...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Essay: The State of the Language, 1978 | 1/1/1979 | See Source »

...three special events in the Carter presidency were the Camp David summit meeting on the Middle East, last month's action to bolster the dollar and dampen inflation, and the normalization of relations with China. The public reaction to Carter's decisions is still uneven, but it is commonly believed around the capital that his decisiveness and the smooth execution of his plans have shored up his leadership, and that his new strength will soon be reflected in more public respect for the President...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: The Virtues of Secrecy | 1/1/1979 | See Source »

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