Word: stays
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Phase 2, never carried out, called for the C-130s to fly to Oman and the helicopters to ferry the commandos to a mountain hideout some 100 miles from Tehran. The raiding party would stay in hiding there throughout the next day. As darkness fell, the men would climb aboard trucks and buses, which would have been supplied by an undisclosed number of CIA agents and U.S. Special Forces men who had entered Iran earlier, some disguised as European businessmen...
Washington next decided to admit the refugees "conditionally" for 60 days, after which the INS would decide on a case-by-case basis whether or not to grant political asylum; except for those definitely proved to be dangerous criminals, all will almost certainly be permitted to stay. The State Department also announced that owners of the refugee boats could be liable for a $1,000 fine for each refugee ferried. In addition, it warned, their craft could be seized and held until the penalties were paid. But even this policy was enforced unevenly: though written notices representing millions in fines...
...their nation's ineffectuality and the humiliation of the failed rescue raid, by the nightly TV pageant of Iranian mobs pumping their fists in the air and screaming death threats in Farsi, and by the image of Sadegh Ghotbzadeh's cretinous smirk. Dark impulses that normally stay below, like Ahab's harpooners, begin to straggle up on deck...
...using its superior speed to advantage, Princeton brought the ball up the field effectively, to stay within one goal of the Crimson after the first 25 minutes. After Princeton tied things up early in the second half, Den Hartog put Harvard on top again. White then tallied, followed by Den Hartog's third goal of the afternoon, giving the Crimson a 6-3 edge...
Aided by poor officiating, the Panthers managed to stay close through the first 15 minutes. But when the Crimson roared out for the second quarter, it immediately regained complete control and churned out a three-goal burst to gain an 8-4 edge...