Word: journalist
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...individual subtleties. Paul Freeman, Jean-Francois Stevenin, and Tom Berenger play Shannon's mates. Each is tough, gutsy, and grittily charming. There are next to no actesses in the film; the one love scene takes about 45 seconds. Though he plays another stock character--the hard-drinking British journalist--Colin Blakely turns in an entertaining stiff-upper-lip performance, which is matched by Hugh Millais' portrayal of Simon Endean, Mr. International Capital. "But this presidency has been all bought and paid for," he protests at the movie's end, as he stands impeccably dressed in a sea of blood...
...parades are over, the banners and yellow ribbons have been taken down, and America's freed hostages are settling in. Yet the aftermath of their ordeal continues to capture headlines. An American imprisoned in Iran for eight months, Freelance Journalist Cynthia Dwyer, was tried as a spy last week; she was reportedly found guilty early this week, sentenced to time already served and ordered deported. Marine Sergeant Gregory Persinger filed a lawsuit against the Iranian government seeking at least $140,000 in damages suffered because of his captivity. And new details about how the Iranian revolutionary government conducts...
...hours later, I was released. I was told to remain available for further questioning and not to work as a journalist. My clothes, money, and office equipment had been confiscated. Worse yet, I found that I was still not safe. "You're on a hit list," a friend inside the clerical establishment warned me. I thought at first that he was exaggerating, until I realized that I was being followed. Another contact told me: "You're a marked man. Run for your life, or go underground." It was, I realized with fear and sadness, time to leave...
...Educated at Harrow and Cambridge, he took the reins of the nationalist movement following the death of Mohandas K. Gandhi, also educated in England. Nehru's daughter, Indira Gandhi, educated at Oxford, became prime minister in 1966, two years after the death of her father. Dom Moraes, an Indian journalist based in London and also educated at Oxford, wrote Mrs. Gandhi's biography, while claiming to have little familiarity with his native country. This reviewer, who grew up in the United States, (educated at Harvard), reads the book with an appreciation for his Mother Land, which he knows much about...
Algeria's diplomatic triumph sent a surge of national pride throughout that country. Taxi drivers honked their horns in tribute to the occasion. Recognizing a foreign journalist on a street in Algiers, one passer-by stopped to say, "It is a great moment for our country." Indeed, Algeria's regime had managed simultaneously to win the gratitude of the U.S. without losing its credibility as a champion of revolutions and a sympathizer with fanatically anti-American Iran...