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Dates: during 1970-1979
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For Scott, who had served as TIME'S Saigon bureau chief from 1972 to 1974, the journey was both an exciting new adventure and an exercise in nostalgia. He revisited the magazine's old outpost at Villa No. 10 of Phnom-Penh's Samarki Hotel, where he...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher, Dec. 10, 1979 | 12/10/1979 | See Source »

Although the Ayatullah Khomeini has publicly endorsed the blackmail tactics of the students and openly called for the Shah's execution, I believe that underneath this crowd-pleasing facade he no more wants the Shah dead than I do. Khomeini knows that as long as the Shah is alive...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Iran's Revenge | 12/10/1979 | See Source »

The social fallout hangs heavy in the mountain air. A rock group came to play at the high school a few years back and was threatened with nonpayment if its members dared live up to their reputation for dropping acid. Yet even the performers were aghast at the drugs being...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Los Alamos: A City Upon a Hill | 12/10/1979 | See Source »

J. Robert Oppenheimer suggested the mesa between the Jemez and Sangre de Cristo mountains as the site for "Project Y" because it was one of his favorite places to hike. When the Army came in 1943 to build the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory and develop the bomb, the only real...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Los Alamos: A City Upon a Hill | 12/10/1979 | See Source »

Khomeini, refusing all talk of compromise, made repeated broadcasts from the holy city of Qum, whipping his followers into a mass frenzy that culminated in two vast outpourings of support. The first was on Friday, which to Iran's Shi'ite Muslims was Ashura, the holiest day of the year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Storm over the Shah | 12/10/1979 | See Source »

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