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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Khomeini regime falls, it is quite possible that the Iranian left will come to power because of the virtual disintegration of all political forces in the mod erate center. Of the three major leftist parties, the Fedayan and Tudeh believe in Marxism and the Mujahedin in Islamic socialism, a variant that provides for a belief in God. Only the Communist Tudeh Party appears to be closely associated with the Soviet Union. All three parties are hostile to the West...
...more dynamic groups with a degree of support among the masses and in the armed services. The most persistent and ferocious of the Shah's opponents, they were brutally suppressed and suffered heavy losses. But they continued to provoke bloody clashes with SAVAK and played a major role in the battle for Tehran, which led to the Shah's downfall. Says a Mujahedin leader: "We have waded through blood and fire to our present status...
...backing of the gay community by promising to appoint homosexuals to city boards and commissions in proportion to their share of the population (estimated at about 15%). The tactic succeeded: fully 70% of the gay vote appears to have gone to Feinstein, making the election the first in a major American city to be swung by homosexuals...
...lift his standings in the polls, but there is one thing he can raise: money. He has already gleaned approximately $8 million, far more than any G.O.P. rival and about $2.2 million more than Ronald Reagan, the Republican front runner. Last week Connally took the unprecedented step for a major candidate of announcing that he would not accept federal matching funds, which are designed to ease and equalize the costs of campaigning in the primaries. Connally will be giving up some $3 million in grants, but figures that the price will be well worth it. Unlike the subsidized candidates...
Treen won by emphasizing his staunchly conservative stands in a state where the Democrats often vote like Republicans. Surprisingly, he got the backing of all the major Democrats that Lambert had beaten in the primary. A pro-union populist with a careening political style, Lambert hurt his own cause by suggesting Treen was guilty of political chicanery...