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Another problem is that diplomatic outposts cannot be turned into minimilitary bases. Many U.S. officials contend that the Tehran crisis was unavoidable, once the Iranian police allowed it to happen, because no reasonable number of Marines could have stopped it. Said one U.S. security official: "If you cannot rely on the host government for protection, you will have to post a Marine division around every embassy." Consequently, the prevailing response to embassy terrorism is the "barricade" approach...
...wanted to ask [the Soviets] not to retaliate by cutting off Russian ammonia shipments to the U.S." Somewhat to Hammer's surprise, Brezhnev devoted much of their meeting to a lengthy analysis of the threat to detente that has followed the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. State Department officials contend that there was "nothing new" in Brezhnev's state ments. In Paris, however, Hammer told TIME Correspondent Sandra Burton that the a the Soviets are now ready to negotiate with the U.S. on a troop withdrawal from Afghanistan...
...prepared to deliver? The most plausible explanation was that the murky internal politics of Tehran were responsible. Both Banisadr, who has advocated release of the hostages since his election in January, and the militants at the embassy had been pressing Khomeini for a decision. Government insiders in Tehran contend that the Ayatullah could not afford to favor either side. If he instructed the militants to release their captives, he would lose face: until a month ago he had defended the hostage taking. If he sided with the militants, he would drastically undercut Banisadr and his attempts to fashion a stable...
...they're somebody else in front of an audience who knows they're not those people to start with. When I do a ballet, good or bad, it's all coming out of my own thoughts; there is just me, the dancers and the audience to contend with...
...match was as close as it could be," Crimson coach Jack Barnaby said afterwards. "We could have won any of those match point in Courtney's match. We did have some players hit by the flu bug, out all teams have to contend with that. I'm not offering any alibis," he added...