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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...state, and if that meant equal rights for women, so be it. He aimed to make Iran one of the world's five great powers, along with the U.S., the Soviet Union, France and Japan. The idea might have seemed laughable initially but, as Western demand for oil kept climbing, the Shah's ambitions began to look more plausible. The Shah, whose country pumped 7% of the non-Communist world's oil imports, led the way in the first huge price increase, from $3 to $12 per bbl. between 1973 and 1974 and, though he aided...
...leftist. Moreover, Iran, like many developing countries, has never known any really free institutions. And cruelty, by whatever regime, has always been a fact of life there and in many other countries the U.S. must live with. These considerations do not exonerate the Shah, but they must be kept in mind by the U.S. as it tries to cope with the real world. Besides, whatever the Shah's offenses, they do not justify the taking of hostages in order to force his surrender to his enemies, which strikes at all international practice and order...
Stubbs echoed his coach's sentiments. "I varied the pace, and Wall just didn't have that many shots. It was hot on the court, which gives the ball more speed, and he kept hitting it hard, but I was able to handle the hard ones...
...Crimson kept the puck in the Terrier's end for most of the first period and went to the locker room with a 1-2 lead and an amazing 20 shots on goal...
...half closed with the teams knotted at 42, but the fouls began to loom larger. Playing with three fouls in the second half, Mannix kept up the offensive pressure, finishing the game tied with Fleming at a team-high 18 points...