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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...critics of the Shah. Some pointed out that the death toll so far is a mere fraction of the tens of thousands who were killed during the last year of the Shah's regime. Others are disappointed that the trials are not public so that the facts of life under the Shah could be brought into the open. "The reason the executions were committed so promptly," says Younes Benab, an Iranian professor of economics in Washington, "is that there is fear in Iran that there may be another coup...
...murderous eight-year reign of Uganda's "President-for-Life" Idi Amin Dada apparently came to an end last week. An invading force of Tanzanian soldiers and Ugandan rebels, after two weeks of skirmishing on the outskirts of Kampala, finally captured Uganda's capital city. At week's end Big Daddy had been missing for several days, although he was thought to be holed up with a handful of loyal troops in the vicinity of Jinja, 50 miles east of Kampala, on Lake Victoria...
...Western analysts had a simpler and more plausible explanation. They tended to accept at face value Peking's claims that there had indeed been too much emphasis on heavy industry in the original development plans. Sinologists were surprised, too, by the re-emergence into public life of two old foes of Deng: Secret Police Chief Wang Dongxing (Wang Tung-hsing) and former Peking Mayor Wu De (Wu Teh). This did not mean, however, that the Vice Premier was in serious political trouble. Rather, the probability was that Deng had to slow the hectic pace of modernization in order...
...years preparing to take vows, and once they have done so, that commitment should be indissoluble. He spoke of "the inner maturity" and "personal dignity" of "keeping one's promise to Christ, made through a conscious and free commitment to celibacy for the whole of one's life." A priest, he then added, should not seek an "administrative" remedy, as though a matter of conscience were not involved...
...radical polemics, scatological prose and serendipitously amateur design that were staples of underground journalism. In their place are entertainment listings, movie and record reviews, consumer buying guides, elegant graphics, ads, ads, ads and more ads-for stereo equipment, records, furniture, sporting goods, liquor and other trophies of the good life...