Word: western
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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OPEC has declared war on the Western world. An infinitesimal percent of the earth's population is directing the destruction of the economic foundation of the world. Odd and even selling days are not the answer. The basic solution is that the OPEC cartel must be broken...
...authority, a man searching for an elusive consensus in town halls and along Main Street. He has walked more among the people than ahead of them. Thus, there were almost biblical overtones to the scene, described by the Camp David participants, of the most powerful man in the Western world seated at their feet...
...have a lot of differences with the Soviets, but I spent six hours a day with Brezhnev, talking about not only SALT but also about other problems, and a lot of the problems we face in the Western world are the same as the ones faced in the Eastern world: general malaise and a general dissatisfaction with present circumstances, withdrawal of people from one another, an immediate fragmentation of society, a redivision of ethnic groups, economic strata, energy shortages becoming increasingly prevalent, people struggling with a need to maintain ancient ethics...
...bars are bringing $45,000. 1 don't know whether it's the total devaluation of the dollar or total inflation, or a general dissatisfaction with shoddy material. Some of this is good, beautifully made stuff." Adds a woman who has recently made a genuine fortune in Western land development: "Out here it's all spend it, wear it, show it, and this stuff makes a wonderful situation for the business person. It appreciates while it is depreciated...
...would go on for hours. He was never pleased unless you could stand up to him. He demanded research and curiosity. He wanted you to ask, to probe, to argue. The two issues he emphasized were the necessity for Islam and Iran to be independent of both Eastern and Western colonialism and the need to get the clergy put of the mold of an academic straitjacket. He said the clergy had a responsibility for humanity not only in Iran but wherever people were hungry and oppressed. In this way Khomeini trained 1,200 religious leaders who are the elite...