Word: bitterer
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Shah." Did he ever meet the general (leaving out names) who had gone so far as to organize a coup d'etat against the Shah, and, after being caught, was only exiled to France for a year? After this time he returned to Teheran and never stopped his bitter criticism of the Shah, holding meetings every week at his home or the home of his co-ideologist. Strangely enough, he had to leave for Paris after the Revolution. Did Rev. Kimball meet the most revered and loved Iranian lawyer who was staying in the U.S. for the past 15 years...
More predictable was the success of Columbia's Kramer vs. Kramer (TIME, Dec. 3). It is a smash despite the fact that unlike the other holiday hits, it deals with serious problems: divorce and a bitter custody fight. But the film also has compelling acting by Dustin Hoffman, Meryl Streep and young Justin Henry. "It is popular because the story line, the performances and the direction are so good," says Alan Friedberg, president of the National Association of Theater Owners. "It is a film people can relate to." Comparatively inexpensive (cost: $13 million, including promotion), Kramer made $16.5 million...
...concessions the way things were going. And precious metals were a good hedge against paper money." In late 1973, when the price was around $3 an oz., Bunker and Herbert went into silver Texas-style, buying an estimated 35 million oz. of silver futures. The brothers waged a bitter fight in 1977 to buy control of Sunshine Mining Co., which owns the nation's largest silver mine. In a rare defeat, their offer was rebuffed as too late and too low. Last year the Hunts went in even deeper, increasing their holdings by an estimated 23 million oz. Rumors...
...Parcham wing of the Communist People's Democratic Party, he helped to plot the overthrow of King Mohammed Zahir Shah by Mohammed Daoud. Five years later, he blithely joined in the subsequent plot that ousted Daoud's regime. For that purpose, Karmal had aligned himself with his bitter political rival, Noor Mohammed Taraki, leader of the more radical Khalq faction of the P.D.P., who set himself up as President. But the alliance between the two Marxists soon broke down. After only two months as Deputy Prime Minister under Taraki, Karmal was sent into virtual exile as Ambassador...
...home. "I don't know whether you've had any government aid here," she shouted grandly, "but if you vote me in, you'll get it!" Appealing to more sophisticated urban voters, she promised to restore stability to a government that has been repeatedly shaken by bitter internecine quarrels...