Word: nationality
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Shah himself is a political cancer that has spread to the U.S. He should be removed from this country as soon as possible, for the sake of this nation's health and that of the hostages...
...prize to be won ... the presidency of the U.S.," as written in your article "May the Best Man Win" [Nov. 12], very aptly describes the mad clamoring to "get into the running" going on in our nation today. It presents an aura of a Mr. America popularity contest rather than a serious search for the most qualified candidates for our highest office. Doris N. Gage Western Springs...
...Baker and Brown are already devoting most of their not inconsiderable abilities to elect themselves to a presidency that begins in January 1981 is incredible. That the President, with his incalculable responsibility, must concentrate for over one-quarter of his tenure on his re-election is perilous for the nation. That millions will be spent on the campaign rather than to alleviate the suffering in Cambodia is obscene. Yet this insane system does not guarantee the best choices, or the best President. James P. Ransom Honolulu...
...Foreign Minister Abol Hassan Banisadr, the bushy-mustached economist who had been in office just 18 days, and who had seemed to be relatively moderate, or at least flexible. He had tried to attend the U.N. debate. Said he: "We want to demonstrate how the U.S. ruled our nation during the Shah's regime." Despite such rhetoric, U.S. officials hoped that private talks in New York might make some progress. Banisadr also opposed any trial of the U.S. hostages. He told a delegation of Western ambassadors that he would "do what I can to prevent it." (His chief accomplishment...
...course, LSAT scores, like all results from standardized tests, are secret, dark wonders not meant for overt discussion. After all, phone lines might be bugged and Third World undercover agents could be listening, hoping to gain valuable information about the nation's young people by hearing their test scores...