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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Department spokesmen asserted that all of the sensitive monitoring equipment had been removed or destroyed before the base was taken over, the episode raised new doubts about the security of the 77 advanced F-14 fighters that the U.S. has supplied to Iran. No American has been allowed to inspect them for three weeks, in part because the Iranians fear an attempt to destroy the equipment to prevent any possibility of its falling into Soviet hands. But the Carter Administration privately admits that there is little it can do to safeguard the planes. "They are entirely in the hands...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: IRAN: Khomeini's Kingdom Qum | 3/12/1979 | See Source »

...documents attesting to the availability of the coffee, and the deal was clinched last October on the Caribbean island of St. Martin. The Cubans agreed to a price of $1.39 a lb., vs. $1.54 on the world market. In a later meeting, the Cubans asked if they could inspect the coffee. No need for that, Fessler assured them. Everything was fine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: The Cuban Coffee Caper | 2/12/1979 | See Source »

...atmosphere reminiscent of London's lively Hyde Park Speakers' Corner, the voices of young orators demanding "true freedom, true democracy and true human rights" echoed through the early winter dusk. Thousands filed past "democracy wall" at the intersection of Chang An Avenue and Hsi Tan Street to inspect wall posters castigating some members of the ruling Politburo, policies decreed by the sainted Great Helmsman, the late Mao, and by implication, China's Chairman and Premier, Hua Kuo-feng...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHINA: Peking's Poster Politics | 12/11/1978 | See Source »

...Nelson of Security Pacific National Bank, confirming that Stein was a representative of Coast Diamond and that the company had the financial resources to consummate the deal. A few days later, Mr. Nelson phoned to say that Stein would arrive in Geneva on Oct. 26 to inspect the diamonds...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: The Ultimate Heist | 11/20/1978 | See Source »

Trejo said yesterday, "It doesn't seem proper for the university to inspect the university," adding that he initiated the suit in response to ventilation and drainage problems in his apartment...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: UMass Apartments | 11/18/1978 | See Source »

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