Word: whether
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Whether Ghotbzadeh, and presumably the Ayatullah Khomeini, can pull the militant students holding the hostages into line with this pronouncement was not known for certain. Just who is in control of the situation in Tehran has never been clear. For the moment, the students defied the Foreign Minister, vowing in a statement: "We will release nobody, nobody at all." But to calm fears in Washington that the Americans were being mistreated, the students did release photos of healthy hostages exercising on the embassy grounds...
...statement trying to separate the issue of the Shah from that of the hostages: "Our firm national commitment to the safe release of the hostages does not and cannot mean that this nation must condone the Shah and the record of his regime." Calling for a public debate on whether to grant asylum to the Shah, Kennedy claimed not to be bothered by the hostile reaction: "I think quite frankly that I was right on the issue, and that's what is important." When Vance declared that Congress would be consulted before the Shah is granted asylum, Kennedy professed...
...remarkably little effect on the nature of Iran's universities. Only about 5% of the professors and administrators were purged for ties with the Shah. Since the revolution, faculty and staff have formed joint councils to run many of the schools. The tilt is definitely to the left, whether Islamic or Marxist...
...making insulting remarks about white women. If the government cracks down hard on the protesters, as it did to quell the rioting in Soweto in 1976, it might spark more unrest. Predicts Fred Ferreira, Ford's industrial relations manager: "Inactivity is not going to solve this problem. Whether we get a black or a white backlash is simply a matter of time...
...Whether by taxation or rationing, cutting back on gasoline would jolt an economy in which the jobs of one worker in seven somehow spin around the automotive industry. Millions of Americans not only build, sell and service cars but also supply the tires, windows and other parts, construct highways, drive trucks or otherwise deliver the goods...