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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...same sort of argument holds for the views of the non-climbing public as well. It is all too easy to say, "that's great, for a girl" when women show they can climb on their own, or can do anything else on their own for that matter. What women should seek instead is just a "that's great...
...leadership and additional years of officer experience. But the humanness has not left--the friendly cop image still persists, as one officer gets out of his car to help a blind person across the street and another says hi to practically everyone on his beat. They take a sort of laissez-faire attitude toward student indiscretions within the privacy of their rooms, but outside in the street the police are constantly cruising, checking and rechecking to try to prevent that next crime. "The majority of the time it's just routine," Shannon says, "but other times the roof falls...
...capital; 100,000 troops patrol the streets, and tanks and armored cars make Tehran's notorious traffic jams worse than ever. Despite almost daily demonstrations by protesters, the generals-at least until the weekend Shootout at Tehran University -had obeyed the Shah's command to avoid the sort of bloody showdown that followed the imposition of martial law in twelve cities on Sept. 8. One inhibiting factor may be the top echelon's doubt that rank-and-file troops would support their commanders if ordered to attack protesters with bullets and bayonets. Moreover, "shooting Iran into political...
...sort of reverie as the ancient DC-3 climbs to 12,500 ft. Like all jump planes, it has no seats. We sit on the floor in three long rows, 35 of us, facing to the rear, our legs supporting the backs of the jumpers in front of us. There is an occasional attempt at conversation over the engines' throb, but mostly we sit, eyes closed or staring vacantly, catching someone's glance, exchanging a vague smile or nod. The adrenaline is just beginning to flow now, just beginning to lift us. We look at the altimeters...
...manufactured goods." But, he adds, they have been replaced by something different: "a mentality on the part of the average Japanese businessman that says 'I've been told for a hundred years I shouldn't import. I can make it here.' It's a sort of conditioned reflex." Says Norman Glick, a member of the U.S. Commerce Department's trade facilitation committee: "The Japanese have protection in depth. As soon as you peel away one layer, you find another...