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Word: teherani (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Elburz Mountains, or sit beside a pool in a garden nightclub and watch the moon glide across the sky. It was not business: apart from the standstill import trade, business was fair. It was not politics, the capital's favorite indoor & outdoor sport. What really bothered Teherani was the growing realization that the West no longer seemed to care so much what happened to them, having just about exhausted its supply of sympathy, patience and surprise. It was particularly disconcerting, for example, to shout "Yankee go home" at some passing American and to hear him reply, "Of course, tomorrow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: IRAN: Shock Treatment | 7/20/1953 | See Source »

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