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Shultz spoke out Wednesday night to add what seemed to be a major American condition to the secret negotiations. In a speech delivered in San Francisco, the Secretary of State said the U.S. would insist that not 39 but 46 American hostages be released "unharmed and unconditionally." In addition to those aboard TWA Flight 847, he was referring to the seven "forgotten hostages" who had been kidnaped one by one from the streets of Beirut during the previous 16 months. Berri has insisted that he did not have any control over the seven and did not even know where they...
...machine. These devices can occasionally be fooled: lead-lined bags sold to protect film can shield weapons from detection, and metal foil can sometimes be used to distort the shape of an image. It is up to the operator of the X-ray machine to insist on opening a bag for closer inspection when a blank mass or an unusual image appears on the screen. Checked luggage is not routinely examined or X-rayed. When there is cause for suspicion, such as a discrepancy between the number of people who check in for a flight and the number who actually...
...Cassileth was adamant. "Certainly, there is a role for mental state and emotional factors in illness," she said. "We just don't know what it is. We do know that it is not a direct cause-and-effect relationship." Some of those who insist that it is, she said, are actually causing harm. "There are increasing numbers of practitioners around the country who offer mind tricks as cures for cancer" -- a trend she called "most unfortunate" because patients are drawn away from conventional therapy, which "may very well help them...
Contra leaders insist that they are on the rebound from the Sandinista offensive. Fresh supplies of aid from the U.S. will improve morale and enable the contras to equip new recruits. The rebel leaders do not predict a military victory, at least any time soon. Their aim is to hold on and sap the shaky Nicaraguan economy by sabotaging power lines and blocking highways. "The contras are able to make a lot of noise and cause damage to the Sandinista regime," says Colonel Mark Richards, a U.S. intelligence analyst. "But they are highly unlikely to be the future rulers...
...recently toasted with fruit juice, to the disgust of a local official who declared the ban "an insult to the tradition of Georgian hospitality." The new rules appear to be having some effect. With police now on the lookout for drunks, plumbers and carpenters seem less ready to insist on vodka as payment "under the table," which is where they often ended up by midday. "Now they're sober all day," says one Muscovite. "But after lunch, they get terribly cranky...