Word: turmoil
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...result of OPEC's policies, worldwide inflation has been sent soaring to ever increasing heights. Meanwhile, global economic growth has stalled and the international financial system itself has been thrown into turmoil. In 1980, oil-importing nations expect to hit what economic jargoneers have labeled a "synchronized recession." Now no one can be sure how high the cartel will push oil prices beyond their present official maximum of $23.50 per bbl., but demand for petroleum makes a substantial increase certain. Single shipments of crude are being sold on the spot market for as much...
...diving," while afficionados feel that "divers don't get the attention they deserve." It is one thing to ask the divers to perform during a long race (like the 1650) while the crowd is relatively quiet, but quite another to expect them to be able to concentrate through the turmoil of crowd noise at finishes and starts and during public address announcements of events. The divers deserve better treatment than that...
...course, Silber's administration is not without its achievements. His organizational skills and reputation for academic brilliance initially gave B.U. a facelift and injected it with new credibility. But the authoritarian atmosphere at B.U. has overridden these gains and the tension and turmoil have at times made a shambles of the educational process. The extraordinary situation at B.U. can be repaired only under a new president. We urge the B.U. trustees to listen to the university's student body and faculty and dismiss John Silber...
...with the severity of their crimes." The Ayatullah himself later confirmed the scheme, adding that the trials would only be halted and the hostages let go if the U.S. returned the Shah. Warned a senior official of West Germany's foreign ministry when told of the threat: "With the turmoil and fanaticism in Iran, one has to be prepared even for the outrage of the hostages' execution, even though that would be international murder...
...Soviets concede privately that, in the longer term, the turmoil in Iran has potentially worrisome consequences for the U.S.S.R. Islamic fundamentalism is anathema to Communism, and the Ayatullah is religiously akin to the Muslims of Soviet Central Asia just across the border. On the other hand, the National Security Council last week pondered the possibility that anarchy in Iran could lead to a radical leftist takeover. No doubt the same possibility has occurred to Iran watchers in Moscow. That helps explain the ambiguity of Soviet behavior so far: provocative Farsi-language broadcasts from a Soviet radio station in Baku, combined...