Word: eastern
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...after the collapse, on Sunday, Feb. 11, of the 45-day-old government of Shahpour Bakhtiar, who had been appointed Prime Minister by the Shah. Following a bloody weekend of fighting between units of the Imperial Guard and pro-Khomeini airmen and armed civilians at Doshan Tappeh airbase in eastern Tehran, the army supreme command abruptly announced that it would withdraw its troops and give "full support to the wishes of the people." The army had been Bakhtiar's last prop; he resigned, as did the members of parliament...
...shootout in the Kabul Hotel could turn out to be a major test for Afghan Strongman Taraki. Ever since the 61-year-old former leftist journalist seized power last April in a Soviet-backed coup, he has been pestered by mounting tribal and religious insurgency in the rugged eastern Afghan mountains. Now the rightist Muslim rebels, perhaps emboldened by the Shi'ite success in Iran, have shown they could strike close to home. The perverse tragedy of Spike Dubs was that guerrillas fighting a pro-Soviet regime had picked an American to show the world their rebellion...
...surprised, however, that the prince did not ask for specifics when Brown proposed a heightened U.S. military presence in the region. The Secretary had carefully set the groundwork for a discussion of that subject by outlining his−and the Administration's−three-point program for Middle Eastern stability...
...have forced American, TWA and other airlines to juggle supplies to keep operating, and last week National reported that fuel shortages forced cancellation of its lightly traveled New York-Amsterdam flights. At the same time a sudden and unexpected lack of bunker fuel delayed ships sailing from some Far Eastern ports...
...business as usual for the Harvard men's swimming team Saturday as the Crimson machine underwent its final tuneup for next weekend's Eastern Championships. The 66.5-46.5 victory over Yale at Blodgett Pool marked the completion of Harvard's second consecutive undefeated dual meet season...