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...past two decades, in 1960 and again in 1971, the armed forces had taken over the country. "This is a serious situation," admitted conservative Premier Suleyman Demirel, who has been in office only since Nov. 19. Said left-of-center Opposition Leader Bülent Ecevit, Demirel's predecessor as Premier: "The crisis has assumed a new dimension...
Roche, whose total revenues of about $3 billion include a big business in vitamins, is only the fourth largest prescription drugmaker. But it is tops in psycho-pharmaceuticals, or mind drugs, thanks chiefly to Valium and its predecessor Librium. Yet today Roche is suffering its own headaches. Valium's success, says a Roche spokesman, "was too good to last. The reaction was bound to come...
...fall from grace, the state-run radio, which until three weeks ago was directed by Ghotbzadeh, praised the students' criticism of him and declared: "There is no room for diplomatic games in our revolution." It was clear warning that Ghotbzadeh may face the same fate as his predecessor, Abolhassan Banisadr, who was fired as Foreign Minister after 18 days of service because he seemed too conciliatory about the hostages. For the rest of the week, the normally loquacious Ghotbzadeh made no more public statements. Said a longtime associate: "It is the first time that Ghotbzadeh has not fought back...
...victims with platinum bullets, then digs them out of the victim for reuse. Townshend's forebear is a Norman soldier who landed at Hastings in 1066, fell out of the boat onto his shield and invented surfing, acquiring in the process a hugely swollen nose. Entwistle's own predecessor is a soused sea dog named Ahab, who goes about in a state of perpetual inebriation, spotting pink whales to port...
...That besides being a sacrifice, Keith's death had given me a stronghold." The Who asked Kenny Jones to replace Moon, and set about trying to re-create the delicate imbalance of the group. Jones, as affable and easygoing as Moon was looney, plays with all his predecessor's fine fury, matching or surpassing him in musicianship, while wisely avoiding any attempt to duplicate Moon's madcap charades...