Word: truths
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Azhari maintained that the Shah retained the support of the "silent people," the majority of his countrymen. The truth, however, is that much of the Shah's support has evaporated, except among the military, the well-to-do and the peasants. The country is staggering under a burden of rampaging inflation (current rate: 50% annually) and economic chaos engendered by the Shah's feverish efforts to modernize his backward nation within the space of a decade or two. There is no responsible opposition, his critics claim, because he has banned political expression for 25 years. The result...
Dean Allison also contends that rejecting the Engelhard gift would threaten the "independent pursuit of learning" at the Kennedy School. His full statement reveals, however, the fundamental truth--Dean Allison believes that the well-being of Harvard University is dependent on contributions frequently earned in immoral ways. One does not have to be a university professor of semantics to recognize the blatant contradiction in Dean Allison's remark...
Cults such as Sun Myung Moon's Unification Church, Scientology, Synanon, Hare Krishna and Children of God offer a refuge from the storms of the world. They purport to know the truth of existence, which members promise is available to anyone willing to submit to the discipline of the sect...
...slaughter on Sixth Avenue, Manhattan's Network Row, was more a sign of desperation than desire, however, and the truth of the matter is that Silverman had only two choices: to kill the shows one by one or en masse. Freddie chose the latter, and off will go Lifeline, Sword of Justice, Dick Clark's Live Wednesday, Eddie Capra Mysteries, Grandpa Goes to Washington, Who's Watching the Kids? and David Cassidy-Man Under Cover. An old show, Project U.F.O. will also be dropped. Two programs, W.E.B. and Waverly Wonders had earlier been dispatched to Silverman Hill...
Isaac Bashevis Singer, Nobel-prizewinning author: "The truth is if Tolstoy would live across the street, I wouldn't go to see him. I would rather read what he writes...