Word: welled
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Tehran, the political situation deteriorated markedly as the week passed. The rumors about Khomeini's health started after a Thursday meeting in Qum. "I'm not feeling well," confessed the Ayatullah to his followers. He then launched into a feverish attack on the U.S. Said he: "The U.S. has grabbed our money just like thieves. We should not fall for their propaganda." An aide reported that Khomeini was suffering from a flu virus communicated to him by "various visitors who have come to Qum in that condition." Said one observer: "The Imam has never sounded this bad before...
...stupid, vindictive old man"?their official support seemed tepid. Asked New York Times Columnist James Reston: "Where are the allies?" Where, he wondered, are the Europeans who always yearned for "collective security"? European diplomats retorted that they had backed the U.S. as well as they could and that West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt and British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, in particular, had strongly supported Carter. Schmidt told colleagues: "The West must show unity. We must back the U.S." If the Europeans were restrained, it was probably because 1) it was a time for "cool professionalism," as an American diplomat...
...Shah has broken the law of the U.S. as well. In broad daylight he had Iranian students followed and even killed in the U.S. and Europe. He threatened them, took away their money and passports, arranged to have them kicked out of universities and did everything, often with success, to deprive them of the protection of U.S. law. Can the Americans afford not to look into this...
...this country sort of confirms the notion that somehow, in the backs of the minds of people in influential places, there is the idea that the revolution is temporary, that nonreligious types are going to emerge, and that the Shah is an old friend and we should treat him well. This is very offensive to the revolutionary government because it looks as if we were conspiring to put the Shah back on the throne...
...regarded as the most reliable gauge of gasoline marketing trends, figures that prices are poised to jump to $1.18 per gal. by year's end, a startling 17% rise in a little more than a month. Reason: with the troubles in Iran, big industrial users of oil as well as gasoline will now begin building up their stockpiles and tightening the market, sending prices soaring. That will put a pinch on the already strained budgets of families everywhere, but especially for people whose homes are warmed by heating...