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...SHAH. This particularly enraged the embassy's assistant press attache, Abbas Lavasani, 29, who argued with his captors and defended Khomeini's Islamic revolution. At one point, one of the gunmen was ready to shoot Lavasani but was dissuaded by another hostage, British Police Constable Trevor Lock, 41, who had been overpowered at the embassy entrance on the first...
...Lock had played a moderating influence from the beginning, telling his captors: "Look, if you start shooting people, if you kill even one of us, you know you will have no chance after that, don't you?" Lock wore his policeman's tunic throughout the siege, and even put on his hat when he spoke to his superiors through the embassy windows. The reason for Lock's formality: his .38-cal. revolver was hidden beneath the tunic. Lock told the other two British captives about the gun, but felt that if he tried...
...Middle East problem may be a resolution of Palestinian grievances, but the lock on this problem is recognition of Israel as a sovereign state. If the lock and key come together, they may discover the mutual benefits that can arise from choosing to be complements rather than antagonists...
...based on passport law. But as State Department officials admit, a similar regulation did not stop Americans from traveling to Cuba without their passports in the 1960s and 1970s. Furthermore, the ban is virtually impossible to enforce. Said a White House aide: "We can't go out and lock them up. We should never have got into this damned thing in the first place...
Both Dales and Belmonte predict a better showing in Thursday's New England Championships, which are also the District One qualifying rounds for NCAA gold championships. "We can get it together," Belmonte said. "School puts a lot of pressure on everyone, but if they can just lock it out and concentrate they will do well...