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...press conference. Gradually, however, the outlines of the plan became clear. The helicopters were to have carried the commandos to a second staging site, named Mountain Hideout, just outside of Tehran, but concealed from Iranian radar and defense forces by mountains. Some of the rescuers were to slip into the embassy compound in trucks?although where the vehicles would come from remained a mystery. At a prearranged time, the rescuers were to disable the unsuspecting guards, presumably with gunfire and some kind of chemical weapon, just as the choppers landed on the embassy rooftops. The helicopters would then carry...
Minnesota North Star forward Bobby Smith redirected a Steve Payne pass; Montreal goalie Denis Herron let the puck slip out of his glove; Al MacAdam jammed-it into the net, and 1:26 later the Canadiens had fallen for the first time in five years...
Check them out, tune them in, slip them on, let them spin. Herewith, a spring garland of rock and pop, with a few sprigs of hemlock for good measure...
...largest disruption operation, TURQUOISE, was reserved for the Democratic National Convention itself. We had paid well to acquire the entire blueprints for the convention hall and all its support machinery. The plan called for a commando team of Cubans to slip into the hall and sabotage the air-conditioning units by destroying the compressors and introducing grit into the bearings of the blowers. Even John Mitchell smiled as I asked them to imagine those Democrats when, in the 100° Miami summer weather, all the air conditioning went out and the temperature inside the hall reached 110° or more...
...Slip Slidin' Away...