Word: remarkable
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Safa's critique about my remark, "virtually everyone had been touched by the brutality of the Shah's regime," is a valid one given the way the quotation appeared in the article. In the interview, I stated that "virtually everyone I talked with had been touched--some told of relatives who had disappeared, some talked of friends and neighbors who were shot and killed during the revolution, some shared stories about incidents during the time of the revolution, for example, the massacre at Jaleh Square, the Rex Cinema fire, unprovoked attacks by the military and so on, some could...
...past regime were corrupt. But for Rev. Kimball to say "almost everyone had a brother or father who had been taken away or could pull up his pants leg and show burn marks and say "Look what SAVAK did to me'," is a very one-sided, general and unsupported remark for a man who was only in Iran 11 days. There are 35 million Iranians. How many did he meet? What Rev. Kimball saw was only what he was scheduled...
...story was interesting, but without a doubt, the most intriguing quote in the entire discourse was one from a Harvard professor: "The object is to look as if you were going to Middle Tennessee College." The remark was in reference to the attire of the Harvard student population, most notably the penchant for down-filled jackets and windbreakers...