Word: sayed
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...nice that House Speaker Tip O'Neill thinks it "sinful" that the oil companies are making profits [Nov. 5]. At least they are doing something to help keep this country running. Can Congress say the same...
...direct interest in oil companies, I think it would be fair to say that if prices had been allowed to rise gradually for the past seven years, these "sinful" and "pornographic" profits would have been acceptable. Also, small cars would have been in demand sooner, energy conservation materials would not be suddenly scarce, other forms of energy would be more advanced, oil exploration would be up, and oil imports would not have reached the current high levels...
...easy to say that the Iranians need a scapegoat and the regime wants to muster patriotic support. You are wrong through and through. What this nation has suffered at the hands of the Shah is no less serious than what the Jews suffered at the hands of the Nazis...
...matter what the Iranians say, there is ample historical precedent for the U.S. to give sanctuary to the Shah, even on a temporary basis. Largely because of the vagaries of extradition treaties, which vary from country to country,* even the most hated of deposed rulers has usually managed to find a safe haven somewhere in the world. Egypt's decadent King Farouk luxuriated in Italy after his deposition by the army in 1952. Argentina's Dictator Juan Perón was a resident of Spain between 1960 and 1973, when he returned home to reclaim power. Uganda...
Recruiting. Say what you want about team attitude, training techniques, and the importance of good coaching, but the bread and butter of any collegiate athletic program is its success in recruiting. Simply stated, if you don't have the horses, it doesn't matter how badly you want it--you ain't gonna win much...