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Uncertainty also continued to dominate the delicate, submerged negotiations for the release of the 52 American hostages. An Algerian diplomatic team, which has been acting as go-between, arrived in Washington with a request from Iran for "clarifications." Presumably, these related to the legal obstacles that the U.S. faces in meeting two of Iran's four principal demands: canceling American claims against Iran and returning the late Shah's fortune. The other two demands-a promise not to interfere in Iranian affairs and the unfreezing of $13 billion in Iranian assets-are not thought to pose serious problems...
Near Golden, Colo., at the Department of Energy's Rocky Flats plant, a technician pushes a red button marked REQUEST TRANSFER. Behind a 10-in.-thick concrete wall, a pair of claws reaches out to grasp a stainless steel container filled with pink powder, then lifts it into a furnace where it is baked at 950° F until it turns into a nondescript gray button three inches in diameter. Such a button could be worth $100,000, for the job of this robot, which goes into regular operation in a few months, is transporting reprocessed plutonium...
Rodriguez added that many students have complained they could not get to their seats at the Game, and that he will request "a full accounting for the problems" at this year's Game...
...Laos and the Philippines and now president of American Assembly, was recalled from Iran before the seizure of the American hostages in November, 1979. However, in February of that year, he was one of 100 briefly taken captive at the Embassy before the revolutionary government responded to Sullivan's request and ordered them released...
...talk about motions and rules, the key issue had been lost. Why did Epps decide to review the policy following the GSA request? "The difference here," he says, "is that other groups have gone to the registrar. The association raised it with...