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Among the followers of the Bab was the son of a government minister, Mirza Husayn 'Ali. He became the Bab's staunchest adherent and was subsequently imprisoned. Exiled from Persia, he announced in Baghdad in 1863 that he was the one foretold by the Bab. He was called Baha'u'llah, meaning, the "Glory of God"; most of the Bab's known as Baha'is. Further exile took Baha'u'llah to Constantinople, Adrianople, and finally to the Turkish penal colony of Akka (in present day Israel) where he remained a prisoner until his death...
Some union leaders have reacted to the prospect of environmental layoffs by becoming at least as anti control as the staunchest holdouts among businessmen. The paperworkers union submitted a statement declaring that "the lives and well-being of our fellow citizens do not depend upon an immediate program of radical steps to eliminate all nonhazardous paper-industry pollutants." Others, like the United Steelworkers union, have hired specialists to study the issue of job displacements. Nader proposed that Congress force companies that lay off workers because of environmental pressures to continue paying their wages for six months...
...wake of Rogers' trip, the U.S. has more or less committed itself to helping resolve the differences between the two parties. Egypt and Israel both recognize that the U.S. is the only power capable of shouldering the role of go-between. Only Washington, as Israel's staunchest friend and sole arms supplier, has powers of persuasion with Jerusalem. If Sadat, with his hard-lining opponents out of the way, can offer a reasonable compromise on Suez, the pressure will be on Washington to exercise that influence...
THAILAND, which has been the U.S.'s staunchest military ally in Southeast Asia, has received $1.5 billion in American assistance. But the Nixon Doctrine and declining U.S. aid have persuaded the Thais that the times are changing. Thus they have announced their intention to withdraw their 11,558 combat troops from Viet Nam. Bangkok has established trade with ten Communist countries. Recently it signed a trade agreement with Moscow and even made token purchases of $10,000 worth of dried squid and medicinal herbs from Hanoi and Pyongyang. Meanwhile, the Thais are "studying" the question of better relations with...
Given the historical context, it may seem nigh impossible to overstate the repressive prejudices of Johnson's time. However, that is precisely what Sackler has done. Most of Johnson's personality has been removed from the playwright's Jack Jefferson, making him more defenseless and unblemished than Johnson's staunchest supporters ever claimed. Sackler's character has none of Johnson's sensual excesses (and only one all-suffering white wife, drearily enacted by Jane Alexander). The ironic sense of his own destiny which allowed Johnson to cheat and compromise his way to personal security is switched to Jefferson's stereotyped...