Word: weekending
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Says Professor Mehdi Haeri, one of his students from this period: "Every weekend, when there were no classes, he used to have a large open class for anyone who wanted to come. He discussed ethics and morals, describing very complicated subjects simply. His secret was that he convinced you he was teaching from the bottom of his heart. You felt the immanence of God; God was ever present with Khomeini...
...levels, in order to limit the flow of cash from their countries and, just possibly, dissuade the OPEC leaders from piling on yet more price boosts when they meet again, in December at the latest. That done?and very little it was?the seven summiteers disbanded. Carter, after a weekend visit to the U.S. military front lines in South Korea, canceled a planned three-day vacation in Hawaii and prepared to fly back to Washington Sunday night...
California seems to have solved the problem of gas closings by taking more drastic action than other states. After officials discovered that the odd-even purchase arrangement was not working because 90% of the stations shut down on weekends, they invoked a four-year-old law that gave them emergency powers in case of a severe energy shortage. Said Richard Maullin, chairman of the California energy commission: "It was definitely time to legislate by decree." Stations with odd-numbered pump registrations were required to stay open on Saturday, those with even numbers on Sundays. Police handed out citations to station...
...ended Haig's 30-year career in the U.S. Army and his 4½ years as NATO commander. By the weekend he was back in civilian clothes and set to begin a series of speeches and television appearances that will keep him in the public eye for months. Although Republican Haig brushes aside questions about his political ambitions, his intention seems to be to sound out the possibility of making a run in 1980, either for the presidency or for the Senate, possibly from his home state of Pennsylvania...
Nahant, Nantasket, and Revere Beaches. These beaches hang on the city limits of Boston, in Nahant. Hull and Revere, respectively. They are MDC maintained, and they look it. On a busy weekend, most people don't bother to police their bad instincts, so what you have is a lot of trash. Revere and Nantasket have always been adjacent to amusement parks, and the hush of the waves is complimented by traffic noise and the sound of nearby mechanical thrills. Revere Beach, however, is beginning to clean up its act--the amusements are going elsewhere, and the beach is expected...