Word: riding
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...pretext for pushing the country sharply to the left. The small but well-organized Tudeh (Communist) Party has been held in check by Khomeini, who denounces the Communists fervently, if redundantly, as "godless atheists." The prevailing view in Washington is that the extreme leftists will continue to ride the Khomeini whirlwind as they gain key positions in the ruling 15-man Revolutionary Council, and will eventually try to brush Khomeini aside in a final grab for power...
...guide's complaints about El Al range from the food, strictly kosher and inedible, to staffs that seem "tired, unenthusiastic, indifferent and undisciplined. . . None of our inspectors would willingly fly El Al again." Next lowest ranking goes to boozeless Iran Air; while no sane American would ride the Khomeini carrier today, it has never been very good...
...Ride Natty Ride," is the best on the album. Marley warns the Rastafari that unless they struggle, their way of life will soon be swept away by the forces of modernization. Once again, Marley refers to the need for violence...
Charo, Martha Raye, Alain Delon, Mercedes McCambridge and Jimmy ("J.J.") Walker were also along for the ride. At one point the audience gets to witness a sex scene between George Kennedy and Bibi Andersson...
...weeks ago I went for a bike ride up into the hills with a friend who works in the pasta factory, a man who has mastered the world and mentality of American business. The further one climbs up into the Appenines the less trace there is of modernization, until finally one reaches little villages that have stood since the middle ages. They are as fine an example of balance between man and nature as the pasta factory is of the destruction of that balance. We ate in a little Trattoria where the pasta was made fresh in the kitchen instead...