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...though the romance crumbled and the Shah now enjoys what promises to be an extended vacation, the American press has presented nothing but the exotic--the strange--in the opposition to a man both the U.S. government and press has tried to maintain. American press coverage throughout the current crisis has reflected western cultural biases, and a belief that the United States could and should mold the political affairs of another nation--the most persistent moral and pragmatic error in U.S. foreign policy development...
...serve as an arbiter of last resort, leaving the details of government to professional politicians. The Shi'ite branch of Islam, to which most Iranians adhere, has no formal hierarchy. Five other Ayatullahs are deemed theoretically equal to Khomeini as spiritual leaders. They may urge him to maintain a low profile, partly for his own safety, partly, perhaps, out of rivalry. Said Ayatullah Sharietmadari last week: "Khomeini is a man who has been sitting in Paris, the land of freedom, under an apple tree. We are sitting here under the barrels of guns and tanks...
Though Government attorneys consider the suit to be mainly a public relations gesture, it will strike a chord among many businessmen who maintain that the "discrimination" problem lies with the cumulative bad effects over the years of the many changes, contradictions and lack of coordination in federal employment regulations. The suit notes that some of Sears' present difficulties stem from postwar years, when Washington urged companies to hire veterans, who were then predominantly white and male. The later imperative to hire more women and minorities not only conflicted with this earlier priority but also resulted in hiring policies being...
...were this time last winter; they now stand at some 298 million bbl., or about a one-month supply. So if Iran's production is not resumed soon, says Energy Secretary James Schlesinger, "we would face much larger drawdowns next winter than we will have the resources to maintain...
Wilkinson said the History and Literature Department will be hard pressed to maintain the current level of tutorial supervision since the opening of the concentration to all students has generated an increase in demand for tutorials...