Word: nearing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Full members are Iran, Pakistan, Turkey and Britain; the U.S. is an associate member. * Things have not changed much since czarist times. In 1775 the "will" of Peter the Great was published, in which he advised future Russian rulers: "Approach as near as possible to Constantinople and India. Whoever governs there will be the true sovereign of the world. Consequently, excite continual wars, not only in Turkey but in Persia. Establish dockyards on the Black Sea . . . In the decadence of Persia, penetrate as far as the Persian Gulf, re-establish if it be possible the ancient commerce with the Levant...
...Wahhabi sect of Sunni Muslims who dominate the country's religious life. Opinions of the ulema, the leading religious authorities, are sought on major issues. Their power was demonstrated last year when they successfully demanded the razing of an entire modern city that had been built for pilgrims near Mecca on the sacred Hill of Arafat. The ulema ordered it destroyed because it desecrated a holy place, and the government reluctantly agreed. The royal family also endorses the ulema's determination to enforce strict Koranic law on Saudi citizens. Two Britons recently were arrested and deported after being...
...semideserted streets. Though the city seemed calm, the army, which had withdrawn to barracks, did not appear in control. A bus full of foreign journalists who had been flown from Tehran was escorted by five truckloads of soldiers. The army said it was 'too risky' to venture near the bazaar or any of the civilian hospitals, which were thought to be controlled by anti-Shah militants...
...town after town, unity is the theme of crudely lettered wall slogans-unity to meet worsening conditions, unity against the guns of the army, unity against pressures to return to work. In one small town near Isfahan, it was announced during evening services at the mosque that the families of the strikers in Tehran were running out of bread. That night the residents stayed home and baked. Next morning three vans loaded with free bread left for the capital...
Anti-Shah Iranians learned that the princess was back in town when the Queen Mother arrived clandestinely aboard an Iran air force 747. After the rioting, Queen Tajomolouk appeared at the Marriott Inn near Los Angeles International Airport. Then she and her daughter retreated to the estate of Publishing Tycoon (TV Guide) Walter Annenberg in Palm Springs, Calif. Said Annenberg about the possibility of further demonstrations against his royal guests: "If they come...