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appeared on was broadcast at a very suitable time of the day. The commentator introduced us and asked me to give some information about the university. All my previous television appearances were about" mathematics, distant lands, visits and interesting events. This was the most responsible of my television appearances. We (Husseinaga Rzayev, Baylar Hajiyev and I) had to communicate with the audience in a very convincing and sincere manner, to present our university as a necessity for our present and future. I started talking in this direction, about the main values of our university and our plans for the near future. The conversation was flowing so freely and naturally that I even forgot about the presence of the journalist and myself involved Husseinaga muallim and Baylar muallim. Husseinaga muallim spoke about teaching English generally and for specific purposes and Baylar talked about main subjects and entrance exams. The commentator wished every success to this, "very important and very timely university" at the end of the program. A group of people working on this program - journalists, producer, and cameramen -gathered around us after the program: "That was excellent", "we are all applauding you".

In matter of days we started receiving numerous telephone calls from Baku and different regions of Azerbaijan. They were all interested in the enrollment procedure for the university. The commentator from the TV program gave us a call and informed us that "We have had no peace from all the telephone calls we are receiving, the viewers are asking to repeat the program".

All this publicity we were doing created an enormous amount of interest and excitement. But as they say "man proposes, God disposes". A human being relaxing under a green tree and listening to the sounds of wind does not think that earthquake will soon take place and turn his world upside down. The blissful days we were having could not prepare me for the disaster that was about to strike.

The journalist of the television program came to see us few days later. He told us that he could sense that the program was met "with dissatisfaction and disapproval by some high rank officials". He told