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Carter's refusal to turn over the Shah in return for the security of the hostages is commendable. The action would only serve to set a dangerous precedent which would threaten the future of political assylum. But Carter should also work within the international community to secure the release of the hostages. Various other options should be considered in the event that the initial international pressure fails. In order to avoid military intervention, the U.S. could consider freezing all Iranian assets in the country or breaking off diplomatic relations...
...allowing the Shah to remain in the U.S. for the full term of chemotherapy, the Carter Administration runs the risk of offending the stern new rulers of Iran, who have neither forgotten nor forgiven the excesses of the Shah's regime...
Indeed, the Ayatullah's Foreign Ministry announced it would send a doctor to New York to monitor the Shah's illness, and angry Iranian students picketed the hospital with signs demanding DEATH TO THE SHAH. Meanwhile, more than 2,000 people, including Henry Kissinger,' sent get-well telegrams to the ailing ex-monarch...
...mall next door Canizaro is a millionaire who surveys the city, which he is doing much to change, from an office chocked with multicolored hard hats (''The boys working on Canal Place gave me the blue one''); a huge book of Persian art from the Shah; scrawled notes of affection from his two daughters; and his Sicilian family coat of arms. That Canizaro could become the most talked-about young businessman between Texas and Florida in a fairly short time gives some clues to the condition of opportunity in America...
...grew richer by buying and developing other properties, financed mostly by banks in Baton Rouge and New York. Several years ago he traded some land to the city in exchange for the Canal Place site. He got financing from New York and Iran's Bank Omran. After the Shah fell, Canizaro bought out the Iranians. Now he is negotiating with French financiers to become partners Already the first Canal Place building promises to return a profit of $1 5 million a year. Major tenants are moving in: South Central Bell, Brooks Brothers Coopers & Lybrand. For the next buildings, Canizaro...