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Word: welling (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Well, to an acceptable degree, we'll prove this. Anyway, now all of a sudden we saw this guy who was much hated, and who we knew was the lackey of Americans, suddenly in the U.S. for "medical" treatment. The guy is reportedly dying of cancer, yet he receives Kissinger and talks to him for 1 ½ hours. Then our government politely demands that if that's the case, well, for our public opinion, be nice enough and allow Iranian physicians to go check. That request was refused by the U.S. Government. Then we realize that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: The U.S. Doesn't Give a Damn | 12/10/1979 | See Source »

...Foreign Minister is a tall (6 ft.), well-built bachelor of 43, who likes designer clothes and expensive European shoes. In idiosyncratic but fluent English, he gave Van Voorst a spirited and sometimes contradictory defense of Iran's widely criticized actions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: The U.S. Doesn't Give a Damn | 12/10/1979 | See Source »

...Long pause.) Well (pause), Ghotbzadeh there is a Shah. Once upon a time, there was a Shah who was supported, nourished by good ol' America. That country trained these torturers, that country brought him to power...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: The U.S. Doesn't Give a Damn | 12/10/1979 | See Source »

...Well, we're not talking to each other because every door that we opened was shut by the U.S. We have set forth procedures of how the Shah should be returned to Iran. And when we make our proposals, the next thing we hear is a decision, "We aren't going to buy your oil." The next thing, "We are going to freeze Iranian assets...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: The U.S. Doesn't Give a Damn | 12/10/1979 | See Source »

...asked for a debate earlier, and had been turned down. And all of a sudden there was a telegram from the Secretary-General asking us to participate -please come in 24 hours, and the U.S. has agreed on it. Well, that was for us rather a surprise. We believe that the decision to go ahead with a Security Council debate now means that the Americans have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: The U.S. Doesn't Give a Damn | 12/10/1979 | See Source »

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