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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...been in and out of the Shah's prisons during his 19-year reign; an average of 1,500 people are arrested each month. Amnesty International reported in 1975 that "the Shah of Iran retains his benevolent image despite the highest rate of death penalties in the world, no valid system of civilian courts and a history of torture which is beyond belief." But the figures alone do not convey the horror; Baraheni puts them in human terms, in the context of Iran. "Imagine tens of thousands of educated men and women in prison while 75 per cent...

Author: By Gay Seidman, | Title: In the Shadow of the Shah | 7/6/1977 | See Source »

...Maurice Chevalier the first time, Albert Einstein the second time, and the award was never given again. P.S.: the flash point for "Valid for Board" Bursars cards is 312 degrees F., for those of you who want to be a hit at parties by burning them, since there aren't draft cards...

Author: By Richard S. Weisman, | Title: Bursarmania | 5/27/1977 | See Source »

Caligor said the questionnaire and proposals are necessary because "people have a peculiar resistance to complaining to UHS. They don't think they know enough to complain, but when it comes to your own body, you have a valid opinion...

Author: By Anne E. Bartlett, | Title: RUS Proposes Changes In Women's Health Care | 5/3/1977 | See Source »

Overweight men faced less discrimination, but still have only two-thirds the normal chance of being admitted, Mayer said. Although the study was done in the 1960s, he believes the results are still valid, he said...

Author: By Edward Josephson, | Title: Jean Mayer Says Overweight People Face Prejudice | 5/2/1977 | See Source »

There are, of course, valid questions to be raised about the ERA'S impact. Among these: the status of women should the U.S. resume a military draft, the fate of laws that limit demands on the physical strength of women laborers, and the future of previously all-male sports like football at public schools. But in Florida, as in other states where the ERA has lost, the phantom issues, not the realities, carried the day. Complains the chairwoman of Georgia's ERA Council, Dotsie Holmes: "The legislators are all too willing to succumb to the hysterical group...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Sexes: The Unmaking of an Amendment | 4/25/1977 | See Source »

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