Word: followings
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...Soviets will probably want to follow a policy of divide and conquer," Pipes said, adding that they will attempt to "dismember" the country rather than crush it directly...
...from former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger came the same support. He urged Carter to proclaim the virtues of failed action in a just cause over inaction, to seize this moment and make it a test of his moral strength and call the country to follow. "I believe," said Kissinger, "the country is better...
Other relatives of hostages were tempted to follow her to Tehran, though several had misgivings about making the trip. Said Toni Sickmann, of Krakow, Mo., mother of Marine Sergeant Rodney Sickmann: "I want to see him. But I don't want him to see us break down because that would break him down too." A different issue worried Paul Keough, of Sherborn, Mass., whose brother William, superintendent of the American School in Pakistan, had been visiting Tehran when the embassy was seized. Paul Keough argued that the emotionally wrenching sight of relatives pleading in Tehran for permission...
...Moscow Olympic Games. In Paris, Soviet Ambassador Stepan Chervonenko stated that unless the allies resist, they would be turned into "an instrument for America's global policy" and would allow the U.S. to "attain strategic objectives on the backs of others." When Bonn indicated that it would probably follow the U.S. lead and boycott the Olympics, the Soviet Ambassador to West Germany warned that such a decision would have "political consequences in the relations between the Federal Republic and the Soviet Union." Japan also announced its support of the boycott last week, which has been backed as well by Britain...
...Ayatullah Khomeini is a unique, three-in-one figure: revolutionary, de facto head of state, and spiritual leader. He has made much of his religious role and his rejection of the ways and means of the secular and corrupt Western world. Islam requires the truly dedicated to follow a most detailed ethical system. For Muslims, the present crisis in Iran has raised some perplexing questions. Are good Muslims permitted to indulge in hostage taking? In peacetime, during a jihad (holy war), or not at all? And, depending on the answer, how good a Muslim is the Ayatullah Khomeini...