Word: nearing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...time, even for those of us who were not living in or near Washington. We do need another lift in these times. I hope our present President can help us, though he lacks the style of President Kennedy. I know of no one else except Teddy, but agree with those who say, "Oh, I hope he doesn...
...demonstration came near the climax of the holy month of Muharram, on which Iran's devout Shi'ite Muslims traditionally take to the streets in a frenzy of self-flagellation to mourn the Prophet Muhammad's grandson Husain, who was martyred in the 7th century. This year the critical days, Sunday and Monday, had a special meaning: they were to be the occasion for mass protests against the Shah. From his headquarters outside Paris, Khomeini called again for a general strike and the Shah's downfall. "Paralyze the regime," he urged the faithful. "Flee your barracks...
Southward near Kandahar, young teachers arrived in one district to preach Marxism. Again some were killed, and again the army went in, this time driving villagers into the frigid mountains. Neighboring Baluchi tribesmen, like the Pathans, have fled across the Pakistani border and are allied with separatist movements there. Some Western analysts have suggested that the Soviets may now want to take advantage of these movements to spearhead trouble in Pakistan and also in Iran, where some Baluchis have settled. For the moment, however, the Taraki regime's ineptitude in dealing with the tribesmen seems to have checked...
...London. Only a few miles upriver are the meadows of Runnymede, where the barons extracted the Magna Carta from King John. The Thames is indeed England's Royal River, but it has not always been treated royally. Long a favorite garbage dump, the Thames' tidal waters near London had become so foul by the 17th century that James I threatened to move his court to Windsor. Then came two events that turned the river into what Victorians called a "monster soup": the Industrial Revolution and the closing of London's cesspools (following the introduction of the flush...
Lisa Bernstein and freshman Kim Belshe replaced Wendy Carle and Dorris Woolery at the forward spots after both fouled out near the end of the game. Bernstein and Belshe clicked immediately to maintain Harvard's lead...