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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...angered Kissinger's critics was a speech he made on Nov. 20 in Austin to a conference of the Republican Governors Association. He had concluded in a conciliatory spirit by saying: "I think all anyone can do is support the Administration and present the picture of a united America in the face of that challenge." But what caused resentment were other remarks that seemed to question the Administration's wisdom and will. "The biggest foreign policy debacle for the United States in a generation was the collapse of the government and of the Shah of Iran without support...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Who Helped the Shah How Much? | 12/10/1979 | See Source »

...been allowed into the besieged embassy. He was, however, and that was a spectacle of sorts, but not as big as what came through the tube. By last week Hansen was more than electronic news-he was entertainment. He was being filmed for the Today show and Good Morning America. There was plenty of criticism voiced along this strange journey, but attention is often what registers on television. That Hansen had and kept...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY by HUGH SIDEY: A New Kind of Crisismonger | 12/10/1979 | See Source »

...Long pause.) Well (pause), Ghotbzadeh there is a Shah. Once upon a time, there was a Shah who was supported, nourished by good ol' America. That country trained these torturers, that country brought him to power...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: The U.S. Doesn't Give a Damn | 12/10/1979 | See Source »

...Baluchistan America was engaged. In Kurdistan America was engaged. In economic warfare America was engaged...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: The U.S. Doesn't Give a Damn | 12/10/1979 | See Source »

...means "complete." The 100 or so pages devoted to owning a house, for example, dispatch property insurance in four paragraphs. Retirement planning in Myerson's view seems to consist only of setting up a tax-deferred IRA or Keogh Plan savings fund. The former Miss America and ex-commissioner of consumer affairs for New York City is hardheaded about bargaining over terms, especially when buying a home. Counsels Myerson: "If you find the house fails to meet certain standards, you should not immediately cross it off your list. But, armed with the information of what is needed to bring...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Reads to Riches | 12/10/1979 | See Source »

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