Word: partiality
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Carter did not disclose just what sanctions the U.S. would request. But aides said they will probably include a partial trade embargo, exempting Iranian imports of food and Pharmaceuticals and exports of oil. Carter had no advance word from Moscow, aides said, whether the Soviets would go along with sanctions or block them with a veto...
...down as of the end of 1977 and that he estimated to be worth $2.8 billion to $3.2 billion. They included total ownership of Bank Omran, one of Iran's largest banks; 80% ownership of Bimeh Melli, the nation's third largest insurance company; and full or partial interests in auto factories (10% of GM Iran), cement plants, sugar mills, housing projects and a string of hotels, including the Tehran Hilton. Indeed, Graham estimates that the Shah, through the foundation, once owned 70% of all the hotel beds in Iran...
...million, 200,000 bbl.-a-day oil refinery at Isfahan for the National Iranian Oil Co. The refinery has been a high-priority item for the Iranian government, which fears shortages of kerosene and diesel fuel during the winter. Last week, when the refinery was a month away from partial operation, Fluor called home its 52 remaining American employees, leaving Thyssen to finish the job. The few U.S. businessmen who remain in Iran represent a couple of banks and a computer company, and they are lying...
...occupation is to West Bankers, could easily have been avoided. Two weeks ago Israeli General Danny Matt, the military administrator of the occupied territories, called Nablus Mayor Bassam Shaka'a, 48, into his office for a chat. Next day the Tel Aviv daily Ha'aretz published a partial account of the purported conversation; according to the newspaper version, Shaka'a implied that he approved of a 1978 bus attack by Palestinian terrorists in which 34 Israelis were killed...
Janus said the Harvard ski team is a level II varsity sport, and only receives partial funding from the Department of Athletics. An endowment from Friends of Harvard Skiing, an alumni group, gives the team about $4000 a year, she said...