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...mistake was to underestimate O'Neill's sense of propriety. By the time Moore got an appointment to see O'Neill, the decision to dismiss Griffin had already leaked out. When the Speaker asked Moore about the rumors, he replied: "There is going to be a showdown, and the President is going to back Solomon." O'Neill asked specifically whether it was true that Solomon was going to call in Griffin the next day and fire him. "I don't know what you're talking about," Moore said...
...them at a disadvantage with Big Labor and lead to a wave of organizing, particularly in the South, where unions have been weak. Last week, after the bill had been stalled for 19 days by a filibuster, labor's forces suddenly lost, at least for now, in a showdown on the Senate floor...
...showdown over the fiery issue approaches, some grim facts account for its support. Californians already endure one of the nation's highest state sales taxes: 6%. Because the stiff state income tax is withheld, it is relatively painless. But property taxes must be paid in a lump sum twice a year-and this hurts. Moreover, since 1971, property has been taxed at rates ranging from 3% to 3.5% of real market value, and that value has been soaring; many homes have tripled or quadrupled in value in the past five years. Homeowners' incomes have not nearly kept pace...
...what the regime says are "Islamic Marxists," who want to overthrow the Shah. In addition, his rule is challenged by a group called the Unity of National Front Forces, a revived remnant of the old National Front of the late leftist Premier Mohammed Mossadegh, who was ousted after a showdown with the Shah in 1953. But the main thrust of the present opposition comes from the Shi'ite mullahs, religious leaders who are, in a sense, priests and theologians of Islam. Led by bearded, bespectacled Ayatullah Shariet-madari, 81, a kindly scholar honored through the Shi'ite world...
...John's Redmen dominated their showdown with the Owls, stealing nine bases (to raise their total for the tourney to 39) while watching Temple commit seven errors...