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...Arrests. According to Premier Za-hedi's government, the ring was set up not only to spy but to start a rebellion at the proper moment, with its agents so placed as to be able to assassinate the Shah, the Premier and other key figures. It had an accurate picture of the strength and disposition of the entire Iranian armed force, including an itemization and location of all U.S.-supplied equipment. Tragically enough, some of the ring's most useful informants were not Reds but pro-Mossadegh officers suckered into what they thought was a simple plot...
...Recipe: 1 cup finely chopped nuts; 2 ounces sweet or semisweet chocolate; 2½ cups sifted flour; 4½ teaspoons double-acting baking powder; 1teaspoon each of salt and vanilla; 1½ cups sugar; ZA⅔ cup shortening; 1¼cups milk; ⅔ cup unbeaten egg whites. Sift together flour, baking powder, salt and sugar. Add shortening, milk and vanilla; beat 1½ minutes, 150 strokes per minute, until well-blended. Add egg whites; beat 1½ minutes. Spoon 1¼ of batter over nuts spaced evenly over two well-greased, lightly floured 9-in. round layer pans. Sprinkle with...
...dissident families rented a nearby house and made a small church of their own, where visiting priests officiated for them. They were known locally as za'ldnin -"the angry ones." Although they remained faithful to Roman Catholic doctrine, their leaders consistently refused to make peace with the parish church...
...Morse tries to reassure his guests: "I think I've got him to the arrested stage where he can't spread the disease." Last year anthropologist Prince Peter of Greece and Denmark breezed into Kalimpong with his wife to study a unique form of Tibetan polyandry called za-sum-pa, the sharing of wives between fathers and sons, and (occasionally) between uncles and nephews. Tibet would not admit the prince and princess. She is studying witchcraft and wizards and has collected 500 recipes for brewing love, hate, illness and death potions. While waiting for something better, she seems...
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