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Terry A. Anderson and David Jacobsen made their appeal in a 10-minute tape delivered to the Beirut offices of two Western news agencies by Islamic Jihad, the organization holding them. They also said hostage William Buckley, a U.S. diplomat kidnapped in March 1984, had been killed in captivity...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Shiites Release Videotape of Two Hostages | 10/4/1986 | See Source »

Anderson referred by name to Islamic Jihad's third American hostage, Thomas Sutherland, 55, acting dean of agriculture at the American University of Beirut. Why Sutherland did not appear on the tape was not explained...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Shiites Release Videotape of Two Hostages | 10/4/1986 | See Source »

...registered. You had your ID card made. You got your study card signed and turned in yesterday. You're done with all of Harvard's red tape, right...

Author: By Amy N. Ripich, | Title: 'Can't Read Your ID?' Let Harvard Re-Print It | 10/2/1986 | See Source »

...enough to take one back to the days when Gerald Ford fell off a plane ramp and Americans began wondering about their President. Had he forgotten to wear his football helmet back in college? Could he walk and chew gum at the same time? First, Ford nonchalantly knocked a tape recorder off the lectern while making a speech. Next, he and Edward Bennett Williams crashed into each other as the Washington attorney was leaving the podium. Once when a plate smashed to the floor, Ford's spokesman Bob Barrett took the microphone to tell the room, "That wasn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pratfalls of the Presidency | 9/29/1986 | See Source »

...developments may also drastically change the cassette market. Manufacturers may soon introduce a digital cassette tape which would utilize technology similar to a compact disc. Introduction of the new tapes--which fit inside a different size tape player, of course--would further complicate students' choices of music players...

Author: By Brooke A. Masters, | Title: The Music Lover's Dilemma: CD or Not CD | 9/26/1986 | See Source »

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