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When the violence in Iran's major cities worsened, Talbott and Brelis rushed back to the capital. By Friday, as dusk fell and a martial-law curfew threatened to cut off communications from their base at the Tehran Hilton, they gathered up their voluminous notes, typewriters and a store of candy bars for quick energy, and then headed for the nearby home of TIME'S Parviz Raein, where a telex was available. While Raein's wife, Sarieh, brought sustaining rounds of coffee and yogurt, the three men worked through the night, filing a barrage of reports...
...through the woods with Begin and his wife Aliza. Thursday evening, the delegates attended a 45-minute performance on the parade field of the U.S. Marine Corps's Drum and Bugle Corps and the Marines' crack silent drill team. Although Carter immensely enjoyed the show, its blatantly martial tone seemed to surprise both Begin and Sadat. Following the performance, the Carters were hosts at a reception at Laurel Lodge for the delegations. All this contributed to such a soothing atmosphere that Begin, in a telephone conversation with aides in Jerusalem, exclaimed: "I feel here like...
THERE HAS BEEN good news in Iran this past week. The Iranian people have taken to the streets in one of the largest mass uprisings against the police state of Shah Reza Pahlevi since his regime regained power. There has also been bad news--martial law has been declared, and the Shah's police have struck back with a quick lash of repression. But such a response is only to be expected from a regime whose legitimacy rests largely on state terror. No one can doubt that it will take a great deal of bloodshed and violence before the Shah...
MANAGUA, Nicaragua--President Anastasio Somoza declared martial law throughout his embattled nation Wednesday night as Nicaraguan government troops clashed with rebels trying to overthrow...
...another excerpt, called Monkey Makes Havoc in Heaven, the stage is filled with men, tumbling, bounding, flailing at one another in a skirmish between the forces of a Peer Gyntish Monkey King and a Jade Emperor whose court has been invaded by the delightfully wicked, white-faced simian. Martial art is transformed into high art as the lightning-fast conflict develops...