Word: ites
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...gave new life to opponents of the regime who now pose one of the gravest threats to the Shah's rule in the past 15 years. This year at least 40 people have been killed in several cities in a series of riots by the conservative Shi'ite Muslims,* Iran's main religious sect...
...group called the Unity of National Front Forces, a revived remnant of the old National Front of the late leftist Premier Mohammed Mossadegh, who was ousted after a showdown with the Shah in 1953. But the main thrust of the present opposition comes from the Shi'ite mullahs, religious leaders who are, in a sense, priests and theologians of Islam. Led by bearded, bespectacled Ayatullah Shariet-madari, 81, a kindly scholar honored through the Shi'ite world for his learning, the mullahs want Iran to be governed by Islamic law, as are Saudi Arabia and Libya. The mullahs...
...Iran, OPEC'S second largest producer (5.7 million bbl. per day), conceded last week that it already has lost nearly half ite orders from independent oil companies, which unlike some of the big multinational concerns are not bound by long-term contracts. As a result, Iran expects total sales in 1977 to decline about 10% below original predictions, and will cut production accordingly. Venting their wrath, the Iranians warned that companies reducing purchases would be placed on an OPEC blacklist and presumably denied deliveries in the event of future scarcities...
...There are differences even in religion. Most Arabs belong to the dominant Sunnite branch of Islam; Iranians adhere to the smaller Shi'ite sect...
...Most important, Vespri contains a lot more good music than any but scholars would have deduced from its century or so of neglect. The over ture is more or less an orchestral favor ite. The first-act aria, "O tu, Palermo, " is a recital staple for basses. What a surprise, though, to discover the power of the quartet and chorus with which Verdi concludes the second act - a moment of grand confrontation in which every body perceives everybody else's seeming treachery. Or to find that Verdi has rarely written anything lovelier than Elena's farewell to Arrigo...