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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...sudden departure from Lackland Air Force Base near San Antonio raised hopes that the hostage situation might now be resolved. Earlier in the week, that seemed a remote possibility. The Shah's health had taken a turn for the worse. Aides reported to Washington that he had been sick to his stomach and was running a fever. At Carter's request, Drs. Benjamin Kean and Hibbard Williams, who had treated the Shah in New York City, flew to Lackland to examine him. They prescribed undisclosed therapy for his enlarged spleen but concluded there was no medical problem that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Good Will Toward Men? | 12/24/1979 | See Source »

...Shah of Iran without support or even understanding by the United States of what was involved." Kissinger derided the use of "impotence" as "the ruling principle of our foreign policy" and said that the response of Americans to the seizure of the embassy showed that "they are sick and tired of getting pushed around and they're sick and tired of seeing America forever on the defensive...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Who Helped the Shah How Much? | 12/10/1979 | See Source »

...three people off the street at least, where I can produce something. But the number one thing to think about is survival. People say they can't do this but they don't try; if I set myself a goal I want to conquer. If I don't, I sick...

Author: By Michel D. Mcqueen, | Title: Capitalism, at Work | 12/7/1979 | See Source »

...drugstore for which you are destined, and which you fear. Beyond the Dr. Scholl's footpads, and beyond the tampons, Regular, Super and Super-Plus, deodorized or not--beyond the condoms and the contraceptive jellies, the final answer to the equation set up by the cosmetics), is the sick corner...

Author: By Karen A. Odom, | Title: Drugstore | 12/6/1979 | See Source »

Apologizing for a cold, he quoted a friend who once told him that "perhaps I read best when I was sick because my things were sick...

Author: By David Frankel, | Title: Irving Slowly Writes His First Novel Since 'Garp' | 12/5/1979 | See Source »

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