Word: ende
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...present constitution as a device for the transition of power. "The army will go along with any government that is representative," says Sanjabi. "If Bakhtiar resigns, it is not difficult to find a solution based on a temporary government accepted by the people." At week's end, the Khomeini strategy seemed to be one of waiting for members of parliament and the regency council to resign. So far 72 out of 200 deputies in the legislature have resigned; if half do so, a Khomeini aide said, Bakhtiar's government has no legal basis...
When the guards stubbornly refused to abandon their occupation, Homayoun revoked the diplomatic status of Major General Rafii and Zahedi's spokesman Ali Tabatabai, who was accused of lying to cover up the minicoup. But at week's end, Zahedi returned from Morocco and stepped back into the fray. He asked Homayoun to reverse his decision; when he declined, Homayoun was summarily fired along with four other diplomats who supported...
...Council of the Revolution and chief of the National Liberation Front (F.L.N.), the country's only political party. Finding a President to succeed such a pervasive figure presented a delicate problem for the eight-man council, many of whose members aspired to the post. In the end, the council settled on a compromise candidate: Colonel Benjedid Chadli, 49, a little-known officer who seems likely to keep Algeria on the track selected by the departed Boumedienne...
...neither Yahiaoui nor Bouteflika had gained a majority in the Council of the Revolution. The reason: neither man had won the support of the army, which had virtual veto power over the choice. The impasse forced the congress to add another day to its scheduled four, but in the end, Chadli, the military's candidate, prevailed...
Meanwhile, Chancellor of the Exchequer Denis Healey had grim warnings for Britons about a new inflationary spiral. If wage increases sought by public service employees and other striking workers average 15%, the country could expect double-digit inflation by summer, reaching 13% by year's end (current rate: 9%). The wage hikes could add $6 billion to the cost of public services in Britain, which the Labor government might have to offset by raising taxes and cutting government expenditures by $3 billion. If so, the number of unemployed in the country could rise from about 1.5 million...