Word: testing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...test is yet to come...
There were fears, however, that the relative calm might merely be a brief hiatus before a new round of violence aimed at driving the Shah from his throne. The next crucial test will come during the Islamic month of Muharram. The Shi'ite observance of this month culminates on Dec. 11, with the commemoration of the martyrdom of Imam Husain, grandson of Muhammad. It is a time when all Shi'ites mourn for their dead, and emotions often reach a feverish pitch...
...million last year. Avon does not intend to abuse the Tiffany name in flogging its own cheaper wares. Says John Riedy, an analyst at Drexel, Burnham, Lambert: "That would be like putting a Rolls Royce label on a Pinto." Instead, the company plans next year to test-market a whole new line: door-to-door vitamins...
Although Powell will go on to teach eight four-hour sessions from a Kaplan-prepared primer, tonight he is playing Ed McMahon. He is warming up the audience, setting the stage, we are told, for the main event--a papal blessing from the guru of the educational test-preparation business...
...Kaplan centers in the United States and abroad. But this is the real McCoy (oops, Kaplan), and we later learn that Kaplan refuses to franchise his operation, continually flying across the country from center-to-center with the incessant drive and ambition that has made him the nation's test-prep messiah...