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...Shah has both strong intimations of mortality and a divine sense of mission, it may well be because his dynasty is of surprisingly recent origin. His father, Reza Shah, was a swaggering 45-year-old army major in 1921 when he seized power from the corrupt Qajar dynasty. Harsh and intractable, Reza Shah was unable to cope with the world powers that interfered in Persian affairs after oil was discovered. Finally, in 1941, on the ground that he had become dangerously friendly with the Hitler regime, Reza Shah was packed off to exile in South Africa by the British...
...Mets) and a Jack Armstrong image, represented by Third Baseman Ron Cey, who said, "You've got to pull together to win." From Oakland and the Bay Area came the quarreling, opportunistic, two-time defending world champions with a slogan of their own MAKE IT HAPPEN and a harsh professionalism reflected by Pitcher Ken Holtzman, who insisted, "Team spirit doesn't apply here. This isn't the college world series. With 27,000 bucks on the line, I hate everybody...
...that is most permanent and most characteristic is most visible in the face and pose of his sitter. An angry couple sit turned away from each other in a bar, their faces sullen masks lined with bitterness and resignation. The tension between them is palpable yet there are no harsh words or violent gestures, only a deadly calm...
TIME Correspondent Barry Hillenbrand reports that he was snapping pictures of government agents scuffling with Buddhists at a demonstration protesting South Viet Nam's harsh press laws, when suddenly one of the plainclothesmen rushed up and punched him on the back of the head, then followed with "one of those Kung Fu kicks to the stomach" before quickly retreating...
...Harsh Rebuke. Ignoring pressure from President Ford, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee failed to confirm Peter Flanigan, onetime troubleshooter for ex-President Nixon, as Ambassador to Spain. The inaction probably kills the nomination. Flanigan had been involved in selecting Nixon's ambassadors, including Ruth Farkas, who became envoy to Luxembourg after donating $300,000 to Nixon's campaign...