Word: southeast
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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People in certain fortunate industries and regions will probably avoid adversity, as they did in 1979. Those in the Southeast generally did well because the region's beneficent climate and low wage rates continued to attract business. The Southwest surged because its oil and natural gas were in heavy demand. Farmers in the Midwest grain belt and the far West prospered, largely because a hungry world increased its call for what America produces best: food. Average farm incomes increased 117% from 1970 to $23,263 per family in 1978 and are higher now. The region that fared best...
...hostage crisis so he can tackle Iran's domestic problems. Chief among them: the revolt by the Azerbaijanis in northwestern Iran that has exacerbated unrest among Iran's other minorities, including the Kurds in the west, the seminomadic Qashqais in the south and the Baluchis in the southeast. All of Azerbaijan now appears to be virtually under the control of forces loyal to Ayatullah Seyed Kazem Sharietmadari, Khomeini's chief rival (see following story). Late in the week, local air force and army units joined in a huge demonstration in favor of Sharietmadari in Tabriz...
...unsuccessfully against Tehran's rule last summer, had boycotted the referendum too. Late last week Khomeini's revolutionary guards that were supposed to pull out of Kurdistan stayed on. The Ayatullah also faces potential trouble among Iran's other minorities, particularly the Baluchi tribesmen in the southeast, Turkomans in the northeast and the Arabs in the southwest...
Nguyen Ngoc Huy, research associate on Southeast Asian affairs at the Law School, also suggested that Carter pressure Vietnam not to use starvation as a weapon in its war against Cambodian rebels...
Some fortunate parts of the country may not feel the recession at all. The Southwest and Intermountain West continue to surge, largely because of high demand for their energy resources; the Southeast is also generaly well off. But heavy industry areas of the Northeast and Upper Midwest, which rely largely on cyclical businesses, probably will take it on the chin...