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- LETTERS, Page 4Khomeini Backlash
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- TIME's readers responded vigorously with their views on the
- controversy surrounding The Satanic Verses. Of the 240 letters
- we received, 72% deplored Khomeini's position that author
- Salman Rushdie must be killed. The Ayatullah was supported by
- 17%, and 11% did not identify with either side of the dispute.
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