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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...seemed to be relatively moderate, or at least flexible. He had tried to attend the U.N. debate. Said he: "We want to demonstrate how the U.S. ruled our nation during the Shah's regime." Despite such rhetoric, U.S. officials hoped that private talks in New York might make some progress. Banisadr also opposed any trial of the U.S. hostages. He told a delegation of Western ambassadors that he would "do what I can to prevent it." (His chief accomplishment as minister, in fact, had been the release of 13 blacks and women from the captured embassy.) Last week he joined...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Storm over the Shah | 12/10/1979 | See Source »

Linguistic progress with the "idioglossia" twins...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Ginny and Gracie Go to School | 12/10/1979 | See Source »

...Council began considering ways to increase the number of tenured women and minorities after Thomas E. Crooks, special assistant to the Dean, submitted his annual report on affirmative action. The report noted the Faculty had made little progress in recruiting tenured minorities and women...

Author: By Susan C. Faludi, | Title: Rosovsky to Promote Affirmative Action | 12/6/1979 | See Source »

Irving likes to read from his most recent chapter-in-progress because "it's boring to read finished works--they're a dead issue. There's a different kind of self awareness that you get when you read to an audience than when you read to an old friend or your kids," he added...

Author: By David Frankel, | Title: Irving Slowly Writes His First Novel Since 'Garp' | 12/5/1979 | See Source »

...that's definitely progress...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: Comeback for the Great Lakes | 12/3/1979 | See Source »

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