Word: oceaneering
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...plague so much of the world's crop land that many experts conclude that the climate itself is changing (see story page 80). Harsh winters, droughts or typhoons cut output in the Soviet Union, Argentina, Australia, the Philippines and India. Off the coast of Peru, a change in ocean currents and overfishing decimated the anchovy catch, a major source of protein for animal feed. In Southeast Asia and parts of Africa, the peanut crop-providing mainly animal feed and cooking oil-fell far below normal. All told, the world's food output dropped for the first time...
...under way? Is the Shah's imposing military buildup a deterrent against war or a provocation? The Shah has not only filled the power vacuum that existed in the gulf after the British left but has shown an interest in establishing a strong naval presence in the Indian Ocean. Inevitably, such a move would increase the fears of Iran's neighbors about the Shah's geopolitical ambitions. Will the people and, above all, the army remain loyal if the grand goals of the white revolution are unrealized and if untrammeled economic progress outstrips social growth? After...
...Iran's foreign and domestic policies, but he generally enunciates them as well. During a recent 90-minute interview at Saadabad Palace with TIME Correspondent Karsten Prager, the Shah candidly discussed a number of key issues, ranging from oil prices and Iran's ambitions in the Indian Ocean to the strength of the country's secret police, SAVAK, and his opinion of Western work ethics. Excerpts...
...IRAN AND THE INDIAN OCEAN: There must be an economic arrangement, call it Common Market or Commonwealth of the Nations of the Indian Ocean. Eventually it would include Africa, but things there are not so clear today because we have the problem of Portugal and some problem with South Africa...
...order to ask the Americans and the Soviets not to be present in the Indian Ocean militarily-although economically and politically as much as they want, we must show that there is no need for them there, that we the people of the region have an understanding of security and cooperation as well as the means of assuring such security...