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Irony reigns supreme! Teng Hsiaop'ing chosen Man of the Year [Jan. 1] for leading 1 billion Chinese toward modernization while simultaneously the Shah of Iran has been run out of his country for modernizing it too fast. May Teng heed the Shah's experience so that he may not be condemned to repeat...
...first major subject was to be a general review of global issues. The talk is virtually certain to focus on China's obsession: Soviet activity around the world. Other likely topics include such crisis situations as Viet Nam's rout of the Chinese-supported regime in Cambodia, the Shah's departure from Iran, tensions in southern Africa...
...joyous mood that overtook Iran after the Shah fled the country was all but over. Last week Iran faced new violence, new tests of wills, new forebodings about an uncertain future that might involve chaos, coups, civil war. Without much visible success, the government of the Shah's appointee, Prime Minister Shahpour Bakhtiar, struggled for both popularity and credibility. Led by generals fiercely loyal to the Shah, the army stayed on the alert, clashing sporadically with opponents of the monarch. At week's end, Bakhtiar made a dramatic bid to break the impasse. He offered to meet early...
...until further notice." The next day troops ordered away the crew and 2,000 people who had come to the airport with Ayatullah Mahmoud Taleghani, Khomeini's spokesman in Iran, to see the plane leave for Paris. The group turned and left, chanting contemptuously, "Death to the Shah...
Added McWhirter: "That is essentially why any remaining opposition miscalculates not only the momentum of the movement, but its deep and broad-based commitment to making profound social changes that will make any return to the past impossible. Observed an ex-army officer imprisoned for 15 years under the Shah: 'The people are ready to starve themselves before they give in. They've already gone so far in self-sacrifice. They are determined...