Word: specialize
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Without its oil, pouring from the ground at a rate of 1,000,000 barrels a day and earning the nation an estimated $250 million this year, Iran would simply be another semi-arid pastoral and agricultural nation like its neighbor Afghanistan. Without the special qualities of its 19 million people, who have been taught cleverness and patience by history, are generally more devoted to their kinsmen than their nation, and are suspicious of every move by those in power, Iran would be an easier country to govern. For example, Iranian slum dwellers have been known to refuse to move...
Discontent remains among white-collar workers squeezed by inflation, among peasants oppressed by landlords, among army officers frustrated by inefficient commanders who distribute promotions by bribery and special influence, among young intellectuals who resent police state controls. There is little evident organized opposition to the regime. Yet an esti mated 60% of Iranian students educated abroad never come home because they are grimly aware how few opportunities there are in Iran for young men without connections in high places...
...special occasions, Cheng Ch'i's indomitable editors have even delivered sample copies to the mainland-stuffed inside 155-mm. artillery shells...
...interesting aspect of the drive was the failure of contributors to specify individual charities on their donations. Only $122 was designated for special use, most of it going to the American Friends Service Committee. PBH was the leading charity designated at Harvard...
...special category must be reserved for Arthur Freeman's "The Zoo of You." Freeman can play games with poetry and win them, as he does here. To the moment, he has also kept ahead of the post office authorities...