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...position, President Carter had sent Secretary of State Cyrus Vance to Lake Placid. Vance told the I.O.C. "We will oppose the participation of an American team in any Olympic Games in the capital of an invading nation." But Vance's tough talk drew more anger than applause. Ireland's Lord Killanin, I.O.C. president, said the Games "must be held in Moscow as planned," though he later clouded his position somewhat by adding, "We're keeping our options open...
Sean McBride, former foreign minister of Ireland and negotiator in Iran, said yesterday the United States and "the Iranians" have agreed on a plan to release the hostages...
...self-destructive, they tear hearts, they accomplish nothing. The difference between Christopher Boyce who at 21 took matters into his own hands and the Christopher Boyce who composes this letter is that I have discovered a powerful, constructive vehicle to convey my criticisms." His stated ambition: to emigrate to Ireland and support himself as a writer. According to Boyce's lawyer, he was working on a book about prison conditions...
...Father James Kelly told the congregation: "A broken heart was the cause of Anne's death. In truth she died four years ago." An even more tragic truth is that Mrs. Maguire's suffering was not at all exceptional. "There are hundreds of Mrs. Maguires in Northern Ireland whom you never hear about," said one mourner. "They are all widows and mothers...
...work almost all the time. We have 78,000 employees and 80,000 shareholders and thousands of pensioners, and I feel a tremendous responsibility to all of them. We made a mistake in Ireland a couple of years ago by not keeping in touch with a company that we had over there. We threw 175 people out of work in a small town. You do that once, and see how you feel. That's the sort of thing that haunts me. Therefore, I can't stand not paying attention...