Word: stepping
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Pope John Paul II is truly concerned with improving conditions in Latin America, he could start by lifting the church ban on birth control. What an enlightened step it would be to promulgate a campaign for planned parenthood...
...clues as to the economic policies of the new Islamic republic. Last week the government expropriated all properties and interests of the Shah's family in Iran, which were estimated to be worth billions before the crisis. Whether or not that marks the first step toward socialism, as it may, Bazargan desperately needs to get his country's paralyzed economy moving again...
...ranks. Prior to Khomeini's victory, the most serious threat was from military leaders loyal to the Shah, who is currently in Morocco and said to be considering abdicating. Now the threat is posed by impatient young Marxists eager to expand and control the revolution. Their next step could prove crucial. Says a U.S. expert on Iran: "If things should reach the point where the revolution is threatened, and the idea of an Islamic republic is in jeopardy, it would not be surprising to see Khomeini call for an armed putdown of his erstwhile allies." In short, there...
...Foreign Minister Moshe Dayan and Premier Moustafa Khalil will resume the Israeli-Egyptian dialogue at Camp David, with the guiding presence of Secretary of State Cyrus Vance. Clearly there is no hope for stability in the Middle East without a peace treaty between Egypt and Israel. That vital first step, if it can be taken, would go a long way toward reassuring a number of nervous nations in the region about America's intentions and commitments...
Peking's official news agency, Hsinhua, called the expedition a "counterattack to defend the country's borders." Most observers believed that the Chinese would withdraw after "punishing" the Vietnamese. But U.S. officials were nonetheless alarmed by the ominous step-up in tensions between the erstwhile allies. The administration called on both nations to withdraw their respective forces from foreign territory, and also urged the Soviet Union, now Hanoi's chief patron and bankroller, to act with restraint. Said State Department Spokesman Hodding Carter III at a hastily called press conference: "We are committed to the territorial integrity...