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Rebel leaders told the U.N. Security Council yesterday that any hearing granted to the overthrown government would be "flagrant intervention" in Cambodia's internal affairs...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Rebel Troops Backed by Vietnamese Take Over Government in Cambodia | 1/9/1979 | See Source »

...Having overthrown feudalism and slavery and then outgrown its own personal and familial form, capitalism has evolved a new political ideology, welfare liberalism, which absolves individuals of moral responsibility and treats them as victims of social circumstance. It has evolved new modes of social control, which deal with the deviant as a patient and substitute medical rehabilitation for punishment. It has given rise to a new culture, the narcissistic culture of our time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Pursuit of Happiness | 1/8/1979 | See Source »

...that has expanded the country's middle class, and he believes that the Shah's drive to make Iran a modern industrial state has led to foreign domination. Jailed three times for anti-government activities, he has closed his shop and vows not to reopen until the Shah is overthrown...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: A Case of Warring Perceptions | 12/25/1978 | See Source »

...Tehran University and an expert on constitutional government, Sanjabi looks more like an elderly businessman than an opposition political figure. He was once a disciple of Mohammed Mossadegh, the "fainting fanatic" who nationalized the Anglo-Iranian Oil Co.; he served in Mossadegh's Cabinet before the Premier was overthrown by the Iranian army (with CIA help...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: Men Against a Monarch | 11/20/1978 | See Source »

...turmoil in Iran: [It] is a struggle against a cruel oppression. The people of Iran have no faith in the new Premier, [Jaafar] Sharif-Emami. He and his Cabinet are unable to solve Iran's problems. [But] victory is near, and the Shah and his entire system will be overthrown...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: IRAN: Survival | 11/6/1978 | See Source »

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