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...such as contending that Khomeini was an Iraqi spy. Secondly in mid-1977 it asked Iraq to expel Khomeini, and Baghdad complied. The U.S., among other countries, refused to take him in, lest such an act offend the Shah. Since he was permitted automatic entry if he had a valid passport, he decided to go to France, whose government took the precaution of asking the Shah whether he had any objections. The third mistake was the Shah's answer to France: he did not care what happened to Khomeini. For the first time, the world press had easy access...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: IRAN: The Unknown Ayatullah Khomeini | 7/16/1979 | See Source »

Lloyd's underwriters say they intend to pay all valid claims. The 57 syndicates and the 17 insurance companies involved all share the loss. This spreading out is a main reason that Lloyd's group can take the risks it does. The underwriters have already paid about $30 million and set aside $220 million to cover future claims. The assumption in London is that many firms that use leased computers will not want to switch to better, new machines, because change requires reprogramming, new software, personnel training and other costly extras...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Fabled Lloyd's Takes a Bath | 7/16/1979 | See Source »

...FILM has things to say about our consumer society. Although there are heavy-handed (though valid) references to the mall as a much-beloved place, which explains the zombies' attraction to it--flickers of pleasurable memories in otherwise dead brains--Romero's satirical jabs are more skillfully displayed by the four heroes' eventual life-style and by our acceptance and enjoyment of it. Once they flush out the zombies and barricade the entrances, they have all the stores to themselves--think of it! They set up house with the finest stereo equipment, unlimited gourmet foods and wine, chic, expensive clothing...

Author: By David B. Edelstein, | Title: The Beast in All of Us | 7/3/1979 | See Source »

...However valid the criticisms, the program does signal a switch in Government solar funding away from expensive and Utopian projects to simpler projects in individual homes, where oil consumption can be cut immediately...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: A Possibility, Not a Novelty | 7/2/1979 | See Source »

...point seemed valid to those who could see a similarity between Engelhard and Hitler's characters. Graham T. Allison Jr. '62, dean of the K-School, did not buy the argument, however. Part of his job is to take into account the interests of alumni and donors to the K-School--in this case Engelhard's daughter, Sophie (MPA, '77)--and those of K-School students. He says protesters have shrouded the issue in rhetoric. "It was a triumph of symbolism over substance. It had no impact on anybody who lives in South Africa or who might have been...

Author: By Susan K. Brown, | Title: That Damned Library | 6/7/1979 | See Source »

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