Word: finalized
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...brief time, U.S. officials hardened by months of false signals from Iran dared to believe that the hostages might be home for Christmas. The optimism ebbed when Iran's latest bargaining statement, labeled a "final answer" by Iranian leaders, arrived in Washington early Friday, the 412th day of the hostage ordeal. The message was "unreasonable," said Secretary of State Edmund S. Muskie, because it "would require us to do things which we cannot do legally." It also, he added, made it very difficult to resolve the matter before the inauguration...
...final answer, according to government sources in Tehran, contained three principal demands: >That the U.S. make certain unspecified "modifications" in its pledge not to interfere in Iranian affairs, a pledge that President Carter and Muskie have both repeated on several occasions...
...sounded more eager to send the Americans home last week than I.R.P. Leader Ayatullah Seyyed Mohammed Beheshti, who had previously been instrumental in prolonging the crisis. Said Beheshti: "The U.S. has to a large extent met our demands. There is now no basic catch in reaching a final solution...
...which gathered last week to examine the economic outlook for 1981. To a man, the board agreed that the weakened U.S. economy simply cannot endure many more shocks and setbacks like those that have afflicted it for the past two years. The tone of the meeting, the fourth and final of a troubled year, was similar to that set by David Stockman, Ronald Reagan's designated new budget director, and New York Congressman Jack Kemp. Three weeks ago, they sent Reagan a 23-page memo in which they called for the declaration of a state of national emergency...
...requests for help may lead to similar calls from other automakers. Ford is now considering asking the auto workers' union for its own wage reductions. Ford has already lost about $1.2 billion this year, and it would like to renegotiate wages to keep its costs and final sales prices competitive...