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...gave new life to opponents of the regime who now pose one of the gravest threats to the Shah's rule in the past 15 years. This year at least 40 people have been killed in several cities in a series of riots by the conservative Shi'ite Muslims,* Iran's main religious sect...
...Iran, OPEC'S second largest producer (5.7 million bbl. per day), conceded last week that it already has lost nearly half ite orders from independent oil companies, which unlike some of the big multinational concerns are not bound by long-term contracts. As a result, Iran expects total sales in 1977 to decline about 10% below original predictions, and will cut production accordingly. Venting their wrath, the Iranians warned that companies reducing purchases would be placed on an OPEC blacklist and presumably denied deliveries in the event of future scarcities...
...There are differences even in religion. Most Arabs belong to the dominant Sunnite branch of Islam; Iranians adhere to the smaller Shi'ite sect...
...Most important, Vespri contains a lot more good music than any but scholars would have deduced from its century or so of neglect. The over ture is more or less an orchestral favor ite. The first-act aria, "O tu, Palermo, " is a recital staple for basses. What a surprise, though, to discover the power of the quartet and chorus with which Verdi concludes the second act - a moment of grand confrontation in which every body perceives everybody else's seeming treachery. Or to find that Verdi has rarely written anything lovelier than Elena's farewell to Arrigo...
...social objectives of the liberal Blake-ite leaders but their methods that cost the church members and money. When conservative Presbyterians pleaded for a little more common sense and a little less grandstanding emotion in church policies, they were brushed aside by their liberal brethren. Bigotry comes in many forms; Presbyterian liberals managed to display one of its least attractive aspects, the "holier-than-thou" complex...