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Much as his principles differ from those of the Shah, some analysts believe, Khomeini has many things in common with the deposed ruler?most notably, a sense of having been divinely ordained to guide and govern Iran. Marvin Zonis, director of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Chicago, notes that the Ayatullah "has more titles now than the Shah ever had: Savior of the Generations, Defeater of the Oppressors, Imam of the Age." Zonis believes , that the Ayatullah and the Shah "are a lot alike as leaders. Neither is particularly intelligent, but each is shrewd...
...report on last week's hearing will go for consideration to the Cardinals who govern the doctrinal congregation, then to Pope John Paul. A judgment will be months in coming. The Vatican could merely issue a formal warning if it finds "false teachings." It could also bar Schillebeeckx from teaching at any Catholic university or ask the Dominican order to suspend him from priestly functions, as happened to France's Jacques Pohier earlier this year for doubting the Resurrection of Christ, among other things...
...course, the presidency of the U.S. And the struggle for that prize promises to be extraordinarily long, expensive, bitter and important. There are many reasons for this, one being that the holder of the crown, President Jimmy Carter, intends to keep it and very much wants to govern until...
...army officers' motives for joining Kim's coup plan stemmed from Park's harsh measures against rising political opposition and student protests. This led the generals to conclude that he was losing touch with reality and was no longer able to govern effectively. Moreover, both the army brass and the KCIA leaders shared a revulsion against the growing personal influence of Cha, Park's arrogant, all-purpose adviser as well as his chief security officer. Kim had a personal grudge against Cha because he had repeatedly criticized the KCIA'S failures to prevent or even...
...clear what the killers wanted to accomplish or whom-and what-they wanted to follow Park. But according to government investigators, Kim was afraid he might lose his job as KCIA chief because Park no longer trusted his judgment. Reportedly, a faction in the intelligence agency also had come to believe that Park could no longer govern effectively and that he had ruled too long...