Word: conduits
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...outskirts of Bonn on Sept. 18 and 19. Christopher presented the quick and clean solution, and the Iranian seemed open to the idea. Recalls one U.S. participant in the talks: "He was obviously interested. We thought we were very close to getting something done. At last we had a conduit to Khomeini." But the possible breakthrough was soon smashed. Iraq invaded Iran, and the leadership in Iran turned its attention away from the hostages. The American diplomats switched to the other alternative of detailed negotiations. After the American election, the possibility of a deal faced a new and strict deadline...
While clearly pleased with this swing back to constitutional government, Washington is concerned that Honduras might be used as a conduit for arms shipped to the Salvadoran guerrillas from Cuba and elsewhere. There have also been reports that thousands of Somoza's former national guardsmen are holed up in Honduras and plotting a counterrevolution against the Sandinistas. Partly to help the Honduran government guard against such in filtration, Washington has offered it a $3.5 million military-aid package...
Despite its occasional failures at inopportune moments, the back is a marvel of biological engineering. It is not only the body's principal scaffolding, on which the skull, ribs, pelvis and shoulder bones are all anchored. It also serves as the major conduit for the bundles of nerves-the spinal cord-that link the brain with other parts...
...cleared it. Ghotbzadeh in turn delivered the document to Khomeini. According to one version of events in Tehran, the artful Foreign Minister decided to keep the Villalón connection a secret and told Khomeini that the message had come through the Swiss channel. Another version is that the conduit from Villalón to Ghotbzadeh was in fact the Swiss...