Word: plaines
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...fact that like Secretary of State Kissinger, he has managed to deal equably with both sides. He considers the Israelis arrogant and even "masochistic." But Iran nevertheless provides Israel with 50% of its oil. In return, Israeli experts on irrigation and land reclamation have transformed Iran's Ghazvin Plain into a fertile oasis. At the same time, the Shah responded favorably last October to a request from Saudi Arabia's King Faisal and dispatched six Iranian air force C-130 transports to ferry Saudi troops and equipment to the war against Israel. High on the agenda of Kissinger...
What happened? Although Townsend blames the President, many analysts say that the main problem with 1975-model sales is as plain as the price stickers pasted on the windows of the new cars. The average 1975 car costs about $450 more than the average 1974 model; over the past twelve months price rises have added a total of $1,000 to the cost of the typical new car. More increases are ahead, including a second round that Chrysler will announce on its 1975 models soon. Chrysler claims that as a result of steady rises in its bills for labor...
...used to be known as "Thevis the Porn King." Now he is just plain Mike Thevis, who lives in Atlanta on a 35-acre estate. Thevis, 42, once claimed control of 90% of the nation's "adult book stores," to say nothing of some 30 dirty-movie theaters. But he sold all that in 1973-for $5,700,000-and now he says he wants to wallow in virtue. He distributes clean records and clean movies. Further, he is trying to give his mansion to the city as a school, and he wants to create a park and shopping...
...wife or lawyer and client. Harvard's Berger, a leading student of the subject, maintained his view that Executive privilege has no basis in the Constitution at all. He expressed surprise at the court's failure even to discuss that idea. Instead the court relied on the "plain" need for confidential consultation between a President and his aides. "But because a result is practical, it does not follow that it is constitutionally required," Professor Berger wrote...
...Plain Speaking: An Oral Biography of Harry S. Truman, Miller...