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If and when it becomes evident that hardliners in Iran – not America – are the chief impediment to better relations, internal elite and popular opposition could build, and potentially large, unpredictable cleavages could be created within the Iranian political system.

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In response, three tribes led by the Lakota chief Red Cloud attacked and defeated the US army, many times over.

1877: The great Lakota warrior and chief named Crazy Horse surrendered at Fort Robinson.

He asked Octavio to be his chief of staff.

And I look back to those early days when I had the lofty title, I still have, of chief exec, but in the early days, I was chief exec of myself.

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