Word: supports
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Iranian student activist Kaveh Afrisiabi said yesterday that more than 300 Boston-area Iranian students support the three demands. "We are being used as pawns to exert pressure for something going on 6000 miles away," he said, adding that many students are "very intimidated...
While speaking at Northeastern University's African Center yesterday morning, Queen Mother Moore an 81-years old black leader from New York City, released copies of a letter she had written to the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. In the letter she pledged the support of many black Americans who she said were willing to fight in the Iranian revolution...
...Behind Salvo," McCurdy says, "the support is kind of nebulous," Peter Nsiah was riddled with injuries last year, but he will probably be the number one sprinter today. Don Chapus--who McCurdy had hoped to move to the quarter mile--will sprint today, and freshman Phil Askenazy is likely to join him. "The sprinters aren't brilliant," McCurdy said, "but there are people there...
Although in previous elctions faction leaders have made token statements of support for the party leader that cloak their own maneuverings for leverage, this time the top factions heads refused to support Ohira. Instead, they called for his resignation--he complied on November 9. During that week, as Ohira fought to regain power and form a government, the Japanese public got a fascinating glimpse of the depth and breadth of political divisions within the LDP and the potential obstructiveness of the system. As the faction leaders jousted, it became clear that behind their hatred lies an issue...
...chief rivals refused to accept posts and have stated they will cooperate with Ohira only on a "case by case" basis--a precedent shattering break with Japanese traditions of party discipline. Ohira is also bound to Tanaka, who exacted a stiff fee in Cabinet posts for his key support. Among others, Ohira appointed Tadao Kuraishi, a Tanaka crony, as Justice Minister, at Tanaka's insistence...