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Some Washington policy planners have toyed with the idea of encouraging separatism, seeing the breakup of Iran as a kind of ultimate sanction against Khomeini. But the hazards of doing this far outweigh the advantages; true civil war in Iran would be the quickest way of destroying whatever stability remains in the Middle East. The lands of the Azerbaijanis stretch into Turkey and the Soviet Union, those of the Kurds into Turkey and Iraq, those of the Baluchis

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Man Of The Year: The Mystic Who Lit The Fires of Hatred | 1/7/1980 | See Source »

...jumper and his family, in case of the most unfortunate incident. The latter is an eight paragraph, single sentence document freeing the center, its employees, their relatives, the town of Taunton, and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts from any responsibilities, financial obligations or guilt in the event of "the quickest fall...

Author: By James L. Tyson, | Title: Stepping Out Over Taunton | 11/14/1979 | See Source »

...race started out fast, with lead runner Reed Eichner of the Crimson splitting at the mile in 4:28 (the quickest split of the season) and another five Crimson runners moving through the mile point in under 4:35 (the fastest previous split recorded by John Murphy last week against Dartmouth...

Author: By Laura E. Schanberg, | Title: Men Claim Big 3 Cross Country Title | 10/27/1979 | See Source »

...more subtle misuse of "whom" in a subordinate clause ("They wanted to hire whomever was the best candidate"). A Johnson County instructor correctly insisted that Miller switch to "whoever," but at Emporia, an unidentified voice, presumably a graduate student, told Miller the sentence was correct as it stood. The quickest and surest correct answers to all three questions were provided by Little Rock's Montgomery, who mans his hot line during morning hours. His number...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Grammarphone | 3/26/1979 | See Source »

...team, the fencers have looked solid all season, carving out three fairly convincing wins and a fourth narrow edge against the tough MIT contingent. With Princeton in line for this weekend, the Ivy battles begin; and the women will need their quickest parries to keep their record perfect...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Aquamen Head Up Foursome Of Squads Still Undefeated | 1/31/1979 | See Source »

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