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...further obstacle to any prospective hostage deal lay in the snarl of legal complications that would make it impossible for Washington to deliver promptly on three of Khomeini's four conditions. Last Nov. 14, Carter issued an Executive order that froze more than $8 billion in Iranian assets held by U.S. banks. To unfreeze them now, explained the legal counsel for a major New York bank, would be "like putting an omelet back into the egg." Various corporations and individuals have liens against those assets to cover unpaid Iranian debts, and U.S. banks have "offset" a total of about...
...Buckley froze the Army linebackers and left end with the fake to go up the middle; he then darted around left end. Split end Ron Cuccia threw a perfect block at defensive back Jeff Cook, and Buckley was gone--for a 67 yd. touchdown run and a 9-0 Harvard lead. Dave Cody missed the extra point...
...Administration. However, Carter did say there was a "possibility" that the war would convince the Iranians that "they need to be part of the international community" and thus "induce them to release the hostages." Iranian President Abolhassan Banisadr greeted those words with sarcasm, and the Majlis (parliament) froze all deliberations on the hostages' fate until the war ends. The Iranians claimed that the hostages were safe, although they had been moved to prevent the U.S. from having any hopes of rescuing them during the confusion of the fighting...
...might have psyched himself out. Maybe he froze when he recognized that it would take some work to regain the title. Maybe this had been his plan all along, to take the money and run. Or perhaps Ali realized early in the fight that he was going to lose, and decided it would be better to go out not fighting, than fighting hard and getting knocked...
...Chicago a third-grade teacher wrote on the blackboard: "Put the following words in alfabetical order." During the weeklong teacher strike last winter, many Chicago parents were appalled by what they saw on television news of schools and teachers. Recalls one mother: "I froze when I heard a teacher tell a TV reporter, 'I teaches English...