Word: iran
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...busy week for the indefatigable young Shah of Iran. In Fort Knox, Ky., he played his first slot machine, hit a $10 jackpot which didn't pay off. In Phoenix, Ariz., he bulldogged a steer, rode a palomino named Cream of Wheat Jr., had his first date (dinner and a square dance) since his arrival with an American girl: willowy blonde Northwestern Graduate Joanne Frakes, 23, who later confessed that she had trouble remembering he was a King. "He only acted kingly a couple of times," she said, "mostly he was just like any other nice...
...with the nation's enemies-that there is seldom a chance to singe one with the full, hot blast of democratic hospitality. Last week, however, U.S. officialdom, U.S. hostesses, and U.S. foreign-relations societies had converged with a shout on the genuine article. The target: the Shah of Iran...
...handsome Shah (full title: His Imperial Majesty Mohamed Reza Pahlevi, Shahinshah of Iran), a lean, sad-eyed young (30) monarch, might have been born & bred for the guinea hen & champagne circuit. He was a bachelor (having divorced beauteous Princess Fawzia of Egypt in 1948), had a gratifyingly deferential way with the ladies, had a democratic fondness for crowds and machinery, and seemed genuinely moved by his reception...
Adventures in Manhattan. Somewhat to the surprise of his welcomers, he also proved to be a thoughtful, articulate spokesman for Iran's modernization plans and its need for economic and military help from the U.S. He took great pains to explain that he was not "an Oriental potentate, but a modern, liberal, constitutional monarch whose powers . . . are somewhat less than those [of] the King of Sweden...
...symphonic poem, On the Other Side of the Araks, was written to celebrate the struggle of the people of southern Azerbaijan "with the Anglo-American imperialists in Iran." A Sixth Symphony, by one Janis Ivanov, had been inspired by the "difficult past and bright present" of the Latvian people (no longer harassed by political independence since their 1940 incorporation in the Soviet Union...