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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Though the promised release of some hostages was a signal that progress was possible, the basic situation was totally unchanged...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Iran: The Test of Wills | 11/26/1979 | See Source »

...when none of the U.S. retaliations brought any progress toward the release of the hostages, American anger and frustration became almost palpable.* New anti-Iranian demonstrations flared on campuses from coast to coast; three teen-agers threw a rock at the window of an Iranian in Denver, and he shot back, killing one of them. Eight Iranians, carrying rifles, telescopic sights and ammunition, were arrested at Baltimore-Washington International Airport as they prepared to board a flight to New York. Senate Majority Leader Robert Byrd, normally one of the mildest and most self-controlled of men, said he sympathized with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Iran: The Test of Wills | 11/26/1979 | See Source »

...Religious History of the American People by Sydney E. Ahlstrom (Yale, 1972). From the Puritans to the present, this book is a Lutheran historian's lucid, thorough survey of the progress of faith in a religiously complex nation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Printed to Last | 11/26/1979 | See Source »

...that if Kissinger consulted with anyone before notifying the FBI, Elliot would have been the man. Marguerite Hildebrand, who was executive secretary for the Summer School at the time and had an office just above Kissinger's, says that Kissinger had always kept Elliot informed of the seminar's progress and problems...

Author: By Susan C. Faludi, | Title: Kissinger, Harvard And the FBI | 11/16/1979 | See Source »

...union and Cotrell and Leonard are entangled in a four-month labor dispute. The union has charged the company with unfair labor practices and called two strikes, one of which is still in progress; the company denies the union's charges and says both the strike and the complaints are the work of only a small group of employees. The National Labor Relations Board has scheduled a hearing on the case for next February...

Author: By Scott A. Rosenberg, | Title: One for the Money, Two for the Show | 11/10/1979 | See Source »

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