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...joyous mood that overtook Iran after the Shah fled the country was all but over. Last week Iran faced new violence, new tests of wills, new forebodings about an uncertain future that might involve chaos, coups, civil war. Without much visible success, the government of the Shah's appointee, Prime Minister Shahpour Bakhtiar, struggled for both popularity and credibility. Led by generals fiercely loyal to the Shah, the army stayed on the alert, clashing sporadically with opponents of the monarch. At week's end, Bakhtiar made a dramatic bid to break the impasse. He offered to meet early...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: IRAN: Waiting for the Ayatullah | 2/5/1979 | See Source »

...behind the masks, exams were a somewhat joyous celebration of a tension-packed, wild win over Dartmouth, 14-13, before the January break...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Aquamen Head Up Foursome Of Squads Still Undefeated | 1/31/1979 | See Source »

Half an hour after the Shah had gone, his departure was announced over Tehran Radio. The news set off an orgy of exultation throughout Iran. In Tehran, people danced in the streets and hugged and kissed one another in joyous abandon. "The Shah is gone! The Shah is gone!" they shouted. They garlanded their windshield wipers with flowers that seemed to dance in the air. They toppled statues of the Shah and his father, and cut his picture from bank notes. Demonstrators and army troops embraced. Red carnations sprouted incongruously from the barrels of soldiers' rifles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: IRAN: The Shah Takes His Leave | 1/29/1979 | See Source »

...contracts provide for $12 million in wage increases over the first three years, with further raises to be negotiated later. "Not a bad package," conceded an official of the Teamsters, one of the unions involved. In an editorial, the Post expressed "joyous satisfaction" at the "continued life of our worthy competitor" but noted what it called the Star's "hardball" bargaining tactics. The Star responded with an editorial that thanked its rival for the kind words and observed wryly that the Post had not exactly played "beanbag" with its own unions. After pressmen struck the Post...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: The Star Stays | 1/15/1979 | See Source »

...Sleep On It" is the procrastinator's favorite. Rhythmic, joyous, easy to listen or dance to, the song has a soothing sound that invites you to delay whatever you should be doing...

Author: By Brenda A. Russell, | Title: Help From Her Friends | 12/14/1978 | See Source »

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