Word: problems
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...Majlis wanted President Abolhassan Banisadr to write the letter. Already stung by his rivals, the President refused to comply. The buck went round again. The country matters more than a personal desire for vengeance. Thus I decided to shoulder the thankless task of resolving the hostage problem for them. I expressed my unqualified opposition to the idea of trying the U.S. hostages. Such trials, from any angle you look at them, are against our interest. Our main demand-the extradition of the criminal Shah to Iran -has become irrelevant. But obviously we cannot let the hostages go without first having...
...assess the problem of Iran's diplomatic isolation...
...must. Otherwise it won't be able to govern. The problem is that it has gone so far out on a limb in its quest for radical gestures that it will have difficulty regaining its poise. I am ready to help and I have proved it. Other politicians, I hope, will follow suit and give up the prevalent practice of scoring cheap points by blind, strident radicalism...
...hostage problem is solved, it will have some slight chance of success. Otherwise it won't get anywhere...
...components. Kenyon Industries, of Kenyon, R.I., closed its Rossville, Ga., plant in August 1979 and consolidated its textile-finishing operations entirely in the smallest state. Says Chairman David Curtis: "The change in attitude of the New England governments was certainly a factor. We feel that if we have a problem, the Governor and two Senators will listen...