Word: handly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...seen each of the 50 Americans being held at the embassy, or the three held at the Iranian Foreign Ministry. The White House thus insisted, as a condition for agreeing to the commission, that all hostages be accounted for and their state of health determined. On the other hand, any public questioning of the hostages might go in unfortunate directions. It was reported last week that the Iranians were already assembling alleged victims of the Shah to appear before the U.N. commission, as they did when Waldheim went to Tehran last January. On that occasion, they mobbed the Secretary-General...
...situation of the hostages is a foolish expectation." Lawyers retained by Tehran are expected to file extradition papers in the next week or so in Panama, where the Shah has been living in exile. Though Panama probably will hear the suit, chances are very slim that it will hand over Iran's former ruler...
Nothing has higher priority with the candidates than keeping their coffers from going empty. Even though he was badly lagging in New Hampshire, Howard Baker had to give up a day's campaigning last week to go hat in hand to three fund raisers in Detroit (his take: more than $30,000). Says Larry Pryor of Brown's campaign: "A disproportionate amount of our energy goes to scrounging for small donations. We're like people that have to scratch all day for ground nuts and never get a chance to think of higher things...
...whether our constitutional system is still functional. The nation's problems are not hard to find. Often there are several sensible ways to approach them. But not much attention is paid to the hard, boring job of putting together political coalitions or using the crude devices at hand in order to get real results...
...right ski that his body was canted almost parallel to the snow. For an instant, it looked as though his try for gold would vanish in a white detonation of arms and legs and skis. Instead, Stenmark simply reached down and pushed himself up with his right hand. But the near fall slowed him just enough to leave him in third place, behind Liechtenstein's Andreas Wenzel and Austria's Hans...