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After the failed rescue mission, Metrinko was driven to the holy city of Qum and held for a week with two other hostages in a filthy, rat-infested prison cell whose windows were covered with blankets. He often heard the crack of a whip followed by screams; once when a blanket fell, he caught a glimpse of some Iranians being flogged...
...will let people sign up late, even from last summer's registration; we want names, not criminals," Harris says, adding, however, "eventually we will have to crack down...
...capacity as police captain, Hallice gave the order to use tear gas for the first time on students. "I thought tear gas would be better than clubs," Hallice says, adding that "some guys like to hear the crack of a club on another guy's head...
...West Pointer (class of '57), Block served for three years in the crack 101st Airborne Division; in 1960 he returned home to build the family farm, then only 300 acres, into the thriving enterprise it is today. He married a circuit judge's daughter, Suzanne Rathje; they have three children, including Hans, 21 who will run things while his father i: in Washington...
...MIRROR CRACK'D Directed by Guy Hamilton Screenplay by Jonathan Hales and Barry Sandler