Iranian Crisis Tops AP's 1979 Story Poll
AP editors and broadcasters voted the Iranian Revolution and hostage crisis as the top story of 1979 with over 80 percent selecting it, followed by Three Mile Island, the energy crisis, and inflation. The decade’s Watergate crisis ranked first in a separate ballot.
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Supreme Court weighs safety and worker walkoff rights
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