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...Nobody dared to break the ice. The 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...
...successful post-Franco transition, has seemed increasingly bogged down by the intractable problems of 16% inflation, 10% unemployment and the stubborn wave of separatist terrorism. The partial autonomy recently granted to the provinces of Catalonia and the Basque country has similarly failed to diminish their regional resentment against Madrid. Stung by his setbacks, Suárez withdrew into his Moncloa Palace. Spaniards generally lost heart, wondering if democracy meant stagnation and fearing the alternatives of the political extremes...
Rocked by a Federal Trade Commission study last year that showed standardized tests were not necessarily measures of innate aptitude and stung by new state laws requiring disclosure of test answers, Educational Testing Services Inc. (ETS) spent this year absorbing still more punishment...
...Three were further stung when Congress imposed stringent fuel economy standards. These dictated that each manufacturer's fleet of cars would achieve 18 m.p.g. by 1978, increasing each year, to 27.5 m.p.g. by 1985. Already burdened by costly safety and emission standards, Detroit screamed that the mileage standards were ruinous. With the lead time for all-new cars a minimum of five years, the industry felt it scarcely had time to comply...
...three seasons, he showed only flashes of his legendary form (he was M.V.P. of the All-Star game his first year in the N.B.A.). Last year he was left off the league's official All-Star team for the first time in his career. His pride stung, Erving came roaring back. He averaged 26.9 points this season, his best in the N.B.A., added 355 assists and blocked 140 shots. In one computer survey, he was rated the most productive and consistent player in the league. "I thought the reputation I had built up over all these years was slipping...