Word: beene
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One of the barricaded Americans told reporters they had been talking with the rebels at one point early in the standoff. The Americans said they had fired no shots and would not fire unless fired upon.
But while the Crimson seemed to have few problems tickling the twines in the Forum, a few players may have been disappointed that Harvard's scoring pyrotechnics failed to ignite the Forum's flashy electronic video scoreboards, something they rarely see on the college hockey circuit.
Red Cross spokesperson Marie Aude Lude said 17 people had been evacuated safely in the early evening but that it appeared no U.S. military personnel or guerrillas were among those evacuated.
State Department sources said last night that many of the guests trapped in the Sheraton Hotel, including several Americans, had been allowed to leave the building in the custody of the Red Cross.
Soldiers from an armored personnel carrier earlier rescued the secretary general of the Organization of American States, who had been in a different part of the Sheraton Hotel when the guerrillas mounted the bold attack.