Word: missioners
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Still, it remains true that Lynyrd Skynyrd was a workman-like but not overly sensational band which took a high-decibel brand of Southern-British boogie and a couple of great songs to the masses. In that mission they became victims, but in the ironic way of these things they have become better loved in death than they probably could have been in life. For those of you who are jumping on the Skynyrd band-plane in fulfillment of this time-honored truism: this album is not for you, it is for people who were fans all along and already...
These failures were bound to invite both U.S. concern and Soviet adventurism because the area is of immense strategic importance. For its part, the U.S. has not commented publicly on the question of Soviet interference in Iran, but some observers do not rule it out. Moscow maintains a diplomatic mission in Tehran that is far bigger than that of the U.S. Intelligence officials assume that the Soviet embassy and consular offices provide cover for large numbers of KGB operatives. What is Moscow's aim? "From the Soviet standpoint," says one Western official, "the game here is pretty simple: worse...
...dispatched a high-level delegation to Moscow. The ostensible purpose was to secure an additional $250 million in credits to finish a steel mill in Karachi that the Pakistanis are building with Soviet help. But in an interview with TIME, Zia made clear that another purpose of the mission was to warn the U.S. that "I must have my own opening?I must have our options open...
What much-ballyhooed show has the following elements: 1) a wise old man whose mission is to save the human race; 2) an unusually nasty villain who wants to destroy the human race; 3) two handsome young bucks who trade good-humored gibes; 4) the most huggable little robot in the universe; 5) a bizarre barroom populated by inhuman creatures on a desert planet; 6) lots of gray spaceships whishing around against a brilliant blue background...
...July there seemed to be some progress in Vance's talks with Israeli Foreign Minister Moshe Dayan and Egypt's Kamel at Leeds Castle in England. Then Sadat shook Washington by expelling the Israeli military mission from Egypt and stating that there could be no further talks with the Israelis until they agreed to evacuate all Arab territory...