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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Iranian properties in the U.S. are even more meager. The most conspicuous among them is the 36-story skyscraper on Manhattan's Fifth Avenue at 52nd Street. It is owned by the tax-exempt Pahlavi Foundation, created by the Shah but now controlled by the Ayatullah's supporters. The Iranians also own some U.S. military spare parts stored in a warehouse at New Jersey's McGuire Air Force Base and awaiting shipment. But, says David Bauer, an economist for the Conference Board, a New York-based research group, "I can't think of a single Iranian...
...Soviets prefer that the U.S. seem to be in a losing struggle not so much with a predatory Soviet Union as with the relentless "progressive" (i.e., anti-American) forces of history. In that sense Ayatullah Khomeini, his mobs and his minions are doing the Kremlin's work, even though they are not doing its bidding...
...blue-collar Dorchester section. He was greeted warmly at an electrical workers union hall by 500 people waving placards (SINK WITH TED: SWIM WITH RON and southie for reagan). Reagan left Massachusetts to Ford without a fight in 1976; he intends to slug it out there this year, even though the hard-working Bush seems much better organized in the state than any other G.O.P. candidate...
Montella was hardly a model witness. He told the court that he could go to jail for "100 years" if he confessed all his past crimes. Said he: "On the waterfront, no business is completely honest." Montella even explained how to persuade a reluctant bar owner to sign over his business. "You take a hair blower," he instructed the rapt court, "get it hot and put it on his neck until he signs. He'll sign...
...business community reacted favorably to the plan, even though many executives question whether the Government can keep a secret. Others fear that even if the Government can, competitors may be able to gain confidential marketing information from the department under the Freedom of Information...