Word: reasonlies
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...reason for Sharietmadari's disaffection may have been a pamphlet printed by some of Khomeini's followers charging, unfairly, that Sharietmadari had accepted huge bribes from the Shah. Khomeini was not informed of the leaflet; when he heard about it, he ordered it stopped. However, Sharietmadari learned of it anyway and refused to lead prayers in Qum for several days. Two other leading Ayatullahs in the holy city joined him in a boycott of religious services...
Amid all this uncertainty, the Administration got a rare piece of good news on inflation. May's wholesale prices rose a modest .4%, vs. .9% in April, the smallest increase in nine months. The main reason: a drop in food prices, including beef, because of a decline in consumption. But food prices may resume their rise because crop-killing rains in the Midwest could tighten supplies of corn and wheat, and OPEC's continuing oil price rises will further fire up inflation...
...empty chair next to his coach (Pancho Gonzalez, playing himself and, very nicely too). Obviously someone terribly important in the kid's life is missing, and Vilas blows him out in the first two sets. How the lad (Dean-Paul Martin) got to Wimbledon, and the reason for his sudden loss of poise, is told in a series of flashbacks intercut with the unfolding drama of the big match...
...even these temperatures should not be endured for more than 20 minutes at a time. As a precaution some tubs are equipped with thermostats that prevent temperatures from exceeding 110° F (43° C). For good reason: higher temperatures and longer immersions can bring on heatstroke, as the body vainly tries to maintain the normal internal temperature...
...including, besides Hartford, the collapse in 1978 of the snow-laden auditorium roof at the C.W. Post Center in Brookville, N.Y.), the Kemper disaster sent worried architects scurrying back to study their latest designs. There is widespread fear that the reputation of the profession is eroding-and with some reason, according to former AIA President Elmer Botsai. His successful San Francisco firm specializes in correcting other architects' errors. Although workmanship and materials are often faulty, he says, "fundamental design failure" is almost always involved. Echoed one worried AIA conventioneer in Kansas City: "It's like...