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Since the hostages received little mail and only censored magazines news trickled in to the captives through roundabout and nefarious means. Swift learned that the Shah had left the United States when she found a letter addressed to one of the hostages thrown carelessly in a wastepaper basket. Swift read the letter and quickly replaced it in case it was put there as a trap. Similarly, Swift learned that the Shah had died from the index page of Time magazine. As she told the Quarterly, "One of the student honchos came in and said, as part of the usual harangue...
...says Gerrity with a sigh. "You find out when you go after that one person you want that he's a star, and his institution is either matching what we're offering or bettering it. They've just decided they're going to put their eggs in that one basket...
...which to compare different students. Dean K. Whitla, associate dean of admissions here and a testing expert, dismisses that outlook. The SAT, argues Whitla, is merely an achievement test in subjects like reading; he maintains that "you could throw all the verbal SAT and English Achievement questions in a basket and you probably wouldn't be able to separate them again...
...plans for removing citizens from 380 high-risk areas, including cities with more than 50,000 people and areas near military bases. In Plattsburgh, N.Y., a booklet prepared with FEMA'S help advises residents to have on hand, packed and ready to go, like a giant doomsday picnic basket, some 55 items, including large supplies of tinned foods, blankets, axes, flashlights and a portable toilet. As one local skeptic noted: "We'll all need U-Hauls to take that junk along with our families...
...fellow Senators, Hart argues that the sinking of the two warships near the Falklands shows how vulnerable surface ships are to modern missiles and submarines. It is wiser, he contended, to rely on a larger number of less expensive ships than to put too many eggs in one basket. Military reformers believe that the current state of technology gives an edge to those trying to destroy, rather than defend, a surface ship; U.S. carriers and battleships are particularly vulnerable to Soviet radar-guided missiles that can be launched from medium-range Backfire bombers. Said one official...