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...American University, and Terry Anderson, chief Middle East correspondent for the Associated Press. But when Waite, the towering (6 ft. 7 in.) envoy of Archbishop of Canterbury Robert Runcie, failed to reemerge by early this week after five days of talks, fears grew that he might have become a kidnap victim himself...
Auque is one of five Frenchmen and eleven other foreigners, including five Americans, now being held in Lebanon. The kidnaping underscored the frustration inherent in any attempt to gain freedom for those in the hands of terrorists. Informed of Auque's capture, Waite appeared stunned and said, "I am very, very sorry to hear that." He vowed, however, to continue his efforts to free kidnap victims...
...missing messiah who they believe will bring peace to this tired, troubled world. The cult is all serenity and acceptance; Murphy can't get a rise out of them. And it turns out that the evil he is fighting comes from the supernatural agents sent up from Hades to kidnap the child. Hard to trade quips with a bunch of special effects that mostly seem like outtakes from Raiders of the Lost Ark and indeed come from the same shop, George Lucas' Industrial Light & Magic...
...calculated ambiguity, "I serve at (the President's) pleasure, and anything that I have to say on that subject I just say to him." On Monday he increased the pressure, telling reporters after a speech in Chicago that even appearing to trade arms for hostages only encouraged terrorists to kidnap more Americans...
...gain U.S. influence in Iran's power struggles or to win freedom for hostages in Lebanon, officials could hope for success. Last month Mehdi Hashemi, a hard-line Iranian official, was arrested in Tehran and charged by the Iranian government with treason, allegedly because he had masterminded the kidnaping of a Syrian diplomat, who was then promptly set free. Khomeini personally approved an investigation into Hashemi's activities. Hashemi's pending downfall is good news for the U.S. because he is among the most extreme of Khomeini's followers in urging Islamic revolution outside Iran. He is thought to have...