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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...those statements Ghotbzadeh was promptly summoned to the holy city of Qum for a refresher course on the Ayatullah's policies. Afterward, Khomeini announced that everyone was in accord. Said he of the students' renewed demand that the hostages be tried unless the Shah is sent back to Iran: "The nation agrees with this. The Foreign Minister and the government also agree with this. Why should the nation not support this...
...rarely had a better opportunity, or more need, to take energy action. Year after year, that action has been impeded by debate over which groups in the population, which regions of the country, should make the largest economic and environmental sacrifices. After Caracas, it was clear that unless the U.S. accepts some compromises that will cut its consumption of precious petroleum, the OPEC cartel will simply regroup and start pushing up prices in unison once again...
...their own defense, officials in Tokyo insisted that Japan, like the U.S., was a victim of Iranian blackmail. Unless the oil was bought, they claimed, Tehran threatened to suspend negotiations on Japan's 1980 allotment of Iranian oil, which this year amounted to 11 % of Japanese consumption. Moreover, the officials said, buying the oil helped make up for the cut in oil shipments by U.S. firms to Japan, from 1.4 million bbl. a day in 1978 to about 1 million bbl. because of reduced production by OPEC members and the shippers' decision to fill domestic American orders first...
...holy city of Qum, which is the home of most Shi'ite leaders, Sharietmadari met repeatedly with Khomeini and grew uncharacteristically angry. The normally meek ayatullah warned that unless the Tehran government granted more self-rule to the Azerbaijanis, "dis-turbances will continue, tensions will increase, people will start to kill each other, and civil war will take place." He gave Khomeini an uncommonly aggressive lecture about insisting that the West was responsible for the uprising. Said Sharietmadari: "Everything that happens in this country should not be blamed on 'international Zionism and imperialism.' The legitimate demands...
...mother's milk, in which PCBS have turned up. Birth defects could be linked to caffeine from coffee or any source, it was reported just last month. Even peanut butter, as an occasional bearer of aflatoxin, has been flagged as a menace. Driving? Fasten the seat belt- unless discouraged by warnings that most of them do not work. On the road, even rest-room signs often gratuitously warn against VD. Flying? Remember that some pas sengers get ozone poisoning in those high-altitude supersonic jets. Sleeping? Doing it too little or too much is associated with shortened life spans...