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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan, the Middle East, southern Africa, Central Europe, Korea and Indochina. During an exchange of views on emigration. Carter and Teng engaged in some banter. "You can have 10 million Chinese if you wish," the Vice Premier said, hawking and spitting into a spittoon at his feet. "In that case, we'll send you 10,000 journalists," said Carter. That was enough on that subject...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Teng's Triumphant Tour | 2/12/1979 | See Source »

Last year, Iraq's oil earned the country $9.6 billion, and hardly a week passes without bringing rumors of new discoveries. The force of the latest strike, it is said in the bars and bazaars, was so great that a 30-ton bulldozer was hurled 50 feet into the air. This year the Iraqis are importing $1 billion worth of Western goods. In less than a decade, the country's per capita income has jumped from $200 to $1,500. Yet the Iraqis have managed to hold their inflation rate to 8%. They have also held foreign influence...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MIDDLE EAST: Iraq and Syria: A New Axis for Unity | 2/12/1979 | See Source »

Smith gave the team much-needed speed on offense and was an intimidating presence on defense. Her blocked shots have brought many an IAB crowd to its feet, and her two 20-point scoring efforts have provided a vital scoring First...

Author: By Jeffrey R. Toobin, | Title: Climbing the Ivy Tower | 2/9/1979 | See Source »

...different would Iran be in 1979 if the CIA had not intervened. Mossadeq's aims were not as laudable as many now believe: in June and July 1953 he was almost certainly planning to abolish the Iranian parliament. As support slid from beneath his feet he was also being forced to rely unduly on the Iranian Communist Party. The CIA probably replaced one emerging dictator by another but in the long run by doing so it increased hatred of the United States. Kermit Roosevelt would have been saddened. The operation begun with moral fervor to save the Iranians for democracy...

Author: By Trevor Barnes, | Title: The CIA in Iran | 2/9/1979 | See Source »

Team scoring leader Huber started things off only 45 seconds into the game with her tenth goal of the season, a wrist shot from about 20 feet out, then doubled Harvard's lead with a stuff shot four minutes later...

Author: By Jim Hershberg, | Title: Women Icers Skate Past Bowdoin; 6-1 | 2/8/1979 | See Source »

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