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Most of his Texas colleagues remember Yazdi as "pleasant, humanitarian and a good scientist." They were unaware of his political activities, which included helping to organize several anti-Shah Iranian student organizations in the U.S. From time to time he visited Khomeini, who was in exile in Iraq from 1964 until late 1978, when he was expelled and moved to France. Yazdi's wife and several of their six children still live in Houston. Last week his wife said that she would remain a U.S. citizen even if her husband does...
...sure, most visitors will want at least to see the big cities, if not to tarry in them. Thus the Strategic American Traveler (SAT) is well advised to find pleasant bases within easy distance of capitals, at prices lower than at any stateside Holiday Inn. In many countries, excellent railroads and mass transit provide fast, cheap transportation, particularly if the visitor takes advantage of the low-cost passes available to foreigners...
IRELAND. The west coast is another of the world's beauty spots where dollars are still emerald green. It is caressed by the Gulf Stream, and the summers are usually mild and pleasant. At hostelries like the converted Kinsale monastery at the mouth of the Bandon River (double room: $50), history is in the air, but the comforts are strictly modern. Some west coast castles and stately homes have been transformed into hotels with swimming pools and tennis courts. The salmon and trout, as they say, are beggin' to be caught. No self-respecting village is without its choice...
...label of conservative even among some of his fellow college reporters. Despite his attempt to keep distance between himself and the events around him--events which make him "glad to have been at college in 1969 instead of 1979, even though it was probably a lot less pleasant"--he relishes the sense of engagement, the emotional commitment and introspection students underwent then...
...fastest-rising practitioners of the art is Howard Ruff, 48, a smiling, pleasant fellow who works out of San Ramon, Calif. He is the author of How to Prosper During the Coming Bad Years (Times Books; $8.95), a guide for survival in "the next recession, which will happen some time shortly after the publication of this book," as it states on page 15. Says Ruff, whose tremulous text has gone into its fourth printing and is in fourth place on TIME'S nonfiction bestseller list: "There is cynicism about Government and institutions and an immense searching for someone...