Word: weekends
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...between army units loyal to Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi and civilian supporters of the Ayatullah. Last week it happened. Elite troops of the imperial guard, summoned to put down a rebellion by air force cadets, ran into a wall of armed civilians. Fighting continued, sporadically but bitterly, through the weekend, and Iran seemed to be staggering toward the brink of civil war. By Sunday more than 200 people had died. At that point, the supreme army command announced its neutrality in the country's political dispute and ordered the troops back to their barracks. Support by the military...
...could be. At DOE, staffers hurried to put the finishing touches on a program of mandatory conservation measures that the Administration will send to Congress for approval later this month. The program is to begin in the spring if voluntary energy savings do not reduce consumption. Among the elements: weekend closings for gas stations, and Government-ordered lowering of thermostats of public buildings. Gasoline rationing remains a last resort...
...discussion formed part of a Career/Alumni Weekend sponsored by the Afro-American Student Union and the Black Alumni Association of the Harvard Business School...
Duke shrewdly focused his energy on teenagers. Like their counterparts elsewhere, Winston-Salem's youths are energetic but idle, racing cars along the strip on weekend nights, looking for a little excitement. The Klan can potentially fill a void in their lives and they in turn can provide badly needed vitality to a dying creed...
...confirmed some of my preconceptions--and biases--about the South. But it shattered more. I met tax-revolters and tobacco farmers at the Grange Hall (to their delight, I parked my car and stepped out into a ditch), textile heirs at the Hyatt House and "spirit-filled" Christians at weekend barbecues. I baked Moravian sugar cakes and giggled through a meal in a restaurant that sandwiched its Virginia ham between slices of kosherrye...