Word: destroyed
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Peace is not an abstract. It means a better life for people. We have shaken off prejudice. Now we must destroy poverty, ignorance, hunger...
When the takeover of the embassy began, embassy employees may not have moved quickly enough to destroy sensitive files. The locked filing cabinets were designed to withstand only a ten-minute attempt at forced entry or 20 minutes of lock picking. By the time the documents were released, the invaders had had three weeks to work on the locks. Says a former CIA man of the Tehran employees: "They got caught with their pants down...
...power in the area. This is one question on which the Soviets as well as America's closest allies in Europe and the Middle East are agreed: that it would be a devastating mistake for the U.S., whatever the provocation, to punish Khomeini by using American power to destroy Iran's airfields or immobilize its oil production. Even the Saudis, though they are fond of saying that the U.S. should throw its weight around and act more like a superpower, are terrified at the notion that this might happen in their own backyard...
...cultural differences as in history. Many Muslims feel a profound ambivalence toward the West, and especially toward the U.S. They are contemptuous of Western "materialism" and "decadence," yet they are also dependent upon Western technology and skill. Above all, they fear that Western influences will dilute and eventually destroy the Muslim way of life...
PERHAPS WHEN THE ACTION switched to Bohemia in the fourth act, Redford stayed behind in Sicilia. In another production an act as terrible as this would destroy the entire show. But Redford's exceptional talents shine nonetheless in the other four acts--which are gilded by the exceptional performances of Shohet and Clemenson. Shohet's performance is of a calibre rare for the Harvard stage. Clemenson's performance is a of a calibre rare for any stage...