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One less ambitious possibility would be a naval blockade, but it is questionable that even that would effectively squeeze Iran. The country has increasingly rerouted its trade to the north by land through the Soviet Union and is doing more business with the Warsaw Pact countries. Says a U.S. Commerce...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Finally, Fire in His Eye | 4/21/1980 | See Source »

Caught in the current squeeze is the Baghdad government of Saddam Hussein. It has had long and close links with the Soviet Union, but has recently been seeking ways to improve its relations with the West and particularly the U.S. The Carter Administration has considered approving the sale to Iraq...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DIPLOMACY: Now It's Iran vs. Iraq | 4/21/1980 | See Source »

What will happen during the projected recession of 1980? James is fairly gloomy. Attendance for the first three months of this year is off 6%, a partial result, no doubt, of the inflationary squeeze. Says James: "A teen-ager who has to pay $20 to fill his car with gas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: It Just Ain't So | 4/21/1980 | See Source »

Now that the prime lending rate has reached a level that a Mafia loan shark wouldn't have charged ten years ago, President Carter is trying to fight inflation by forcing the poor to show "restraint" and stop wasting money on luxuries like food, clothing and shelter. It won...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Apr. 14, 1980 | 4/14/1980 | See Source »

In the first three albums, Elvis didn't let go too much; he was beyond disgust, he claimed, he was only amused, it was safer to sneer than sob. Perhaps sensing his emotional limitations, Elvis recorded "Big Tears" on a single last year, in which he accused his partner of...

Author: By D. BRUCE Edelstein, | Title: Abyss and Costello | 4/7/1980 | See Source »

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