Word: ued
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...hated as heretics because they believe that The Promised One-expected by Shi'ite Muslims-has already come in the person of Baha'u'llah, who founded the Bahá'i faith in 19th century Persia. But why the attacks on Anglicans? The church has existed in Iran for 150 years, but the 1,000 native Anglicans are associated with onetime British colonialism and suspected of serving as spies. There is a second reason: "Most of our members are Muslim converts," Margaret Dehqani-Tafti told a British reporter. "They are trying to drive...
...rith to receive its first American Heritage Award in recognition of his years of civic service. After being praised by National Urban League President Vernon Jordan for his commitment to the ideal of "an open, integrated society," the prizewinner declared that shoring up U S. industry would do as much as anything to bring about "a more just social order...
...chilling of Soviet-U.S. relations blighted Vance's dreams...
...anti-American chaos, that whole arc of crisis more and more hostile to the U.S., India and Pakistan both vying for Soviet favor, a Soviet base in South Yemen, the Afghanistan occupation, a Soviet base in Ethiopia, Cubans and East Germans all over East Africa, Central America in anti-U.S. turmoil. And the last conference of the nonaligned passed the most virulently anti-American resolutions in the history of the movement...
...ultimate artistic goals? "[Puff.] I try to do in the best possible way this music. That is all." What about his reputation for radical politics? During the Viet Nam War, wasn't he hissed and shouted off the stage in Milan for trying to read an anti-U.S. manifesto before playing? "I am involved in a ... personal way. [Puff.] Every man has a responsibility. [Puff, puff...