Word: americans
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...most difficulties, according to senior U.S. officials. For example, it was unclear what portion of the frozen $13 billion must be transferred to an escrow account in the Algerian Central Bank as a guarantee of good faith. Some $7 billion of those assets is subject to litigation by American companies that had contracts in Iran before the revolution. U.S. officials had hoped Iran would understand that Carter does not have legal authority to expatriate those funds. The implication was that the demand exceeded the amount Carter might legally deliver...
...ceremony to light the Christmas tree on the Ellipse behind the White House, Carter bowed to a request by the hostages' families: except for a bright star of hope at the top, he left the 24-ft. spruce dark as a somber "vigil of remembrance." Said Carter: "Our American hostages have not yet come home. But most of our prayers have been answered. They have stayed in touch with their families. So far as we know, they are safe, and their lives have been spared...
There could no longer be much doubt that the Iranians were anxious to be rid of their American prisoners. In a brief Tehran radio interview Wednesday, Prime Minister Raja'i said of the hostage question, "It is a dead issue now. It has no more political value." He was only admitting the obvious. For Iranians, it is the war with Iraq that has become the overriding issue in the power struggle between the right-wing clergy and moderate President Abolhassan Banisadr. To the clergymen's dismay, Banisadr has emerged as a popular hero. As commander-in-chief...
...biggest problem will be to portray any compromise made with the U.S. as an unqualified victory for Iran. That could explain why Raja'i seemed to mix sugar-coated language with a bit of bile. He declared that once Iran's new message was in American hands, "the U.S. can decide how and when it wishes to take out its spies." The remark was interpreted as yet another threat that Tehran still had it in its power to try the hostages on espionage charges...
...signed a contract with the New York Yankees that will reportedly bring him as much as $20 million over the next ten years. His agreement with the Yankees, by far the richest contract since baseball's free-agent era began in 1976, makes him the highest-paid American athlete. Houston Astro Pitcher Nolan Ryan's $1 million a year and fellow Yankee Outfielder Reggie...