Word: precedental
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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To what extent was the student action-and the Ayatullah Khomeini's endorsement of it-in accordance with Islamic law? Experts differ. Zaki Badawi, Egyptian director of the Islamic Cultural Center in London, argues that "the demand for the return of the Shah to face trial in Iran is...
Indeed, such a move by the U.S. would scarcely be without precedent. A handful of Marines, for example, were landed in Tripoli in 1801 to punish the Barbary pirates, and a century later some 2,500 American servicemen were rushed to China to help put down the Boxers who had...
The fellow who was shabbily treated was Franklin Pierce. He provides a thin precedent; yet it is instructive. In most personal ways he was not at all like Carter Back in 1852, when a messenger galloped up to the Pierce carriage to tell him that he had been nominated for...
THE OIL CRISIS is a crock. The public has caught on to this truth, and many experts agree. The real crisis is a crisis of political institutions. Nationalization might be a sensible step for a government confronting corporations that now behave with the arrogance of mighty sovereign nations. But officials...
Carter's refusal to turn over the Shah in return for the security of the hostages is commendable. The action would only serve to set a dangerous precedent which would threaten the future of political assylum. But Carter should also work within the international community to secure the release of...