Word: whitely
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...said Byrd. Added Carter: "Every American feels anger and outrage at what is happening." In an effort to cool tempers at home. Carter had previously asked the Immigration and Naturalization Service to press deportation proceedings against any Iranian students who were residing illegally in the U.S. Though the White House emphasized that the President had not ordered a "roundup and mass deportation," the action caused panic among many of the 50,000 Iranian students in the U.S. and thousands of other Iranians who have fled to the U.S. in recent years for political reasons...
...when Banisadr first said the Iranians might release some hostages, the student leaders actually occupying the embassy property quickly asserted that they took orders only from the Ayatullah Khomeini, and that nobody was going to be released until the U.S. had sent the Shah back to Iran. Admitted one White House official: "We don't know with any certainty who these students are or who's in charge. That doubles the trouble...
...fact, an interagency White House task force last week reported that there is a "substantial risk" of a drop in OPEC output of as much as 3 million bbl., an amount just about equal to total current Iranian production. The drop would be caused by expected cutbacks early next year by Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iraq, Nigeria and Libya. Thus oil prices stand to rise considerably even if Iran does not reduce its current production...
...nearly $500 million in the fiscal year ended last September. The American Farm Bureau Federation would support President Carter if he should cut off grain shipments, as he could do under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act. Cries of "Food for crude!" are starting to be heard. The White House, however, has no present intention of halting food supplies. If the U.S. later plugs up this cornucopia, Iran will be less vulnerable than it once was. As a Persian grain trader says, "We are earning $24 billion a year from oil. We can buy food any place we want...
...miles since last March as a dinner speaker, charging up to $10,000 for each appearance and raising some $3 million for local Republican candidates. In recent months he has spent several hours a week being briefed intensively on both foreign and domestic issues by Martin Anderson, a former White House adviser in the Nixon Administration and an economist. Meanwhile, Reagan's campaign staff has built the biggest coast-to-coast organization of any G.O.P. candidate...