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Similarly, 56% said that "inflation, high prices and the economy" were the main problems the country faces, but only 10% thought Carter has done well in dealing with these concerns. Kennedy ranked twice as high as Carter in people's confidence in dealing with energy and the economy. When Iran is no longer the chief concern of the voters, Kennedy will again have an exploitable issue with which to attack Carter...
Among Republicans, the struggle for the nomination remains virtually frozen. Ronald Reagan, now an announced candidate but one who has done only the most perfunctory campaigning, remains almost unchallenged in the Yankelovich survey. He continues to command the support of nearly a third of Republicans and independents. Gerald Ford, although he has disavowed an active quest for the nomination, continues as the second-most popular Republican, with 23%. John Connally remains third with 14%, up slightly from his October rating of 11%. Howard Baker is still fourth with 10%. Former CIA Director George Bush, touted by many as a potential...
...government expelled TIME'S correspondents in Iran, Bruce van Voorst, 47, and Roland Flamini, 45. Abol Ghassam Sadegh, director general for the foreign press in the Ministry of National Guidance, denounced TIME for "one-sided and biased" coverage. Said he: "Since the hostage problem, the magazine has done nothing but help arouse the hatred of the American people toward Iran." One example he cited was TIME'S use on its cover of Khomeini's quote: "America is the great Satan." Sadegh admitted that Khomeini had made the statement but charged that TIME had taken...
...staged spy trial. Charles Fenyvesi, one of the Hanafi hostages in 1977, writes in the New Republic that "had the siege gone on much longer, some of us would have broken down, one way or another. I shudder to think what more than 30 days of captivity might have done...
Most Americans support President Carter's policy that Iran will suffer "grave consequences" if the hostages are harmed. But, psychologically, the damage for some may already be done. Says Dr. Bert Brown, former director of the National Institute of Mental Health: "The fact is, the hostages have already been harmed -some of them for life...