Word: fanaticism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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To editorial writers on newspapers, "Afghanistanism" has long had a special insider's meaning that is suddenly out of date. It meant ducking hot issues. Robert U. Brown, editor of the trade weekly Editor and Publisher, remembers when Tulsa Editor Jenkin Lloyd Jones first used it in a 1948...
We are totally disgusted with TIME'S choice for Man of the Year [Jan. 7]. Certainly, the Ayatullah Khomeini has done much in the past year to change the course of history, but why should TIME give additional publicity to this fanatic? It's time that the media...
OF COURSE, there are the characteristic Forsyth touches that, despite his faults, make him a reliably entertaining read. An important Forsyth character would never deign to walk through the front door of a famous building; the author's knowledge of the innards of 10 Downing Street, the White House and...
The dour old man of 79 shuffles in his heelless slippers to the rooftop and waves apathetically to crowds that surround his modest home in the holy city of Qum. The hooded eyes that glare out so balefully from beneath his black turban are often turned upward, as if seeking...