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Although the Ayatullah Khomeini has publicly endorsed the blackmail tactics of the students and openly called for the Shah's execution, I believe that underneath this crowd-pleasing facade he no more wants the Shah dead than I do. Khomeini knows that as long as the Shah is alive...
From its earliest beginnings, the U.S. has been a haven for refugees. But never has the country paid a higher price for this tradition than it has for allowing in the deposed Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi for treatment of his gallstones and cancer. For nearly a month, 50 Americans have...
It was indeed a strange episode when the Shah of Iran, former head of one of the world's most brutal and repressive states, managed to land in the U.S. as a "private citizen." For several days leading newspapers published first page stories detailing the treatment of the Shah's...
Perhaps the most shocking method that the Khmer Rouge used to enforce discipline was cannibalism. One refugee told a group of assembled Cambodians at Sakaew of an incident he had observed when adultery was considered a crime punishable by death. A married man and a pregnant woman wed to another...
Faust runs an offense that is as sophisticated as those of most colleges. Among other things, it features passing plays devised by one of the coach's friends from a rival Cincinnati high school, a rather competent quarterback named Roger Staubach. College coaches value especially the precise execution that...