Word: finding
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...matter what the Iranians say, there is ample historical precedent for the U.S. to give sanctuary to the Shah, even on a temporary basis. Largely because of the vagaries of extradition treaties, which vary from country to country,* even the most hated of deposed rulers has usually managed to find a safe haven somewhere in the world. Egypt's decadent King Farouk luxuriated in Italy after his deposition by the army in 1952. Argentina's Dictator Juan Perón was a resident of Spain between 1960 and 1973, when he returned home to reclaim power. Uganda...
...Blunt eleven times between 1951 and 1964. In the initial investigation of Burgess and Maclean, said Thatcher, an unnamed source told the spy catchers that Maclean had said he was a "Comintern agent" as early as 1937 and that Blunt was one of his contacts. But the investigators could find no concrete evidence of treason, and finally decided that only an offer of immunity could induce Blunt to talk. The offer was made, Thatcher said. Blunt confessed and "subsequently provided useful information about Russian intelligence activities." The Queen's private secretary was informed that Blunt had been a Soviet...
...complicated Natural Gas Policy Act, passed in October 1978. It created whole new categories for natural gas and raised ceiling prices on some of them. The category of each well had to be determined by federal and state inspectors, and there were long delays as gasmen waited to find out what prices they could charge. The average price that interstate pipeline companies paid rose to $1.20 per 1,000 cu. ft. in August, from 91? ten months earlier...
With some exceptions, the price of food and most essentials is indeed low, but there is rarely enough of anything that is popular. It is impossible now to buy detergents in Moscow, and meat is in chronic shortage. Even in summer, fresh fruit and vegetables can be hard to find. Most of these "luxuries," however, are available without long waits at the free markets where farmers sell produce from their private lots for inflated prices. Beef and pork go for around $4.07 per lb. rather than $1.36 in the shops, while potatoes, carrots, tomatoes, oranges and apples...
Worse, Soviet oil production is falling below the target set in the 1976-80 five-year plan, and Moscow has begun to put a ceiling on its shipments. The East Europeans find it difficult to get more from OPEC because the cartel does not want to sell for Communist currencies. What can OPEC do with zlotys or rubles...