Word: exitement
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...flood of Christmas cards, a challenge to Khomeini, an exit for the Shah...
...caution was that U.S. installations and personnel remain vulnerable to mob attack, as was demonstrated so visibly once again last week in Libya. Spurred on by pro-Khomeini slogans from sound trucks, 2,000 demonstrators stormed the U.S. embassy in Tripoli. While all 15 Americans escaped through a side exit, the crowd set fires that heavily damaged the embassy's first floor. The U.S. has rejected Libya's apology as inadequate, and suspended embassy operations-a step just short of breaking diplomatic relations. The State Department complained that the Libyan government had ignored repeated American requests for extra...
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...palpable sense of relief in Washington last week when the Shah's doctors reported that his medical treatment was completed and he would be able to return to exile at his walled estate in Cuernavaca, about 50 miles south of Mexico City. For better or for worse, his exit from the U.S. would mark a new turning point in the stalemate with Iran. Some American officials saw his departure as a first step toward a settlement; others predicted that it might provoke the Iranians to carry out their threat to put the American hostages on trial. Then, Mexican Foreign Secretary...
...Soviets probably granted an exit visa to the Karavanskys for Israel rather than for the United States because of "the damning connotations of admitting that Harvard's invitation had an effect," Kupchinsky said...