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Kimford J. Meador, MD

Arch Neurol. 2001;58:824-826.

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INTRODUCTION

The Iran hostage crisis began in November 1979, when a mob of Iranians seized the US embassy in Tehran. In March 1980, a helicopter rescue effort by US troops failed. In part, this failure led later in the year to the election of Ronald Reagan who replaced Jimmy Carter as President. The hostages were finally released on January 20, 1981—only a few hours after Carter left office. In 1980, Iraq began a costly 8-year war with Iran, which ended in a stalemate. In Poland, Lech Walesa led a strike by shipyard workers and established the Solidarity Party, the first independent labor union behind the Iron Curtain. The death of Yugoslavian communist president Tito initiated a long power struggle, which ultimately resulted in fragmentation of the country. The United States and 57 other countries boycotted the summer Olympics held in Moscow to protest Soviet occupation of Afghanistan. . . . [Full Text of this Article]

NEUROIMAGING

GENETICS

EPILEPSY

NEUROIMMUNOLOGY

INFECTIOUS DISEASES

VASCULAR DISEASE

DEMENTIA

BEHAVIORAL NEUROLOGY

GOVERNMENTAL AND EDUCATIONAL ISSUES

From the Department of Neurology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta.

Corresponding author: Kimford J. Meador, MD, Department of Neurology (BA3410), Medical College of Georgia, 1120 15th St, Augusta, GA 30912 (kmeador@neuro.mcg.edu).