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...flexibility. They had made their decision, and they would not rescind it. They yielded to no appeals from any authority. Not even John Quincy Adams (Class of 1787), then a U.S. Representative and two years from the Presidency of the U.S. could convince his friend President Kirkland to readmit Adams' son. Kirkland wrote to Adams, that the decision of the college Government "exhibits the only view of the subject though most unfavorable to them [the students dismissed] that could have been taken." The Government could find no grounds for mitigating his son's punishment, though they wished to meet...
...director of the NCAA, said that re-admission is never permanent, and "open only to institutions who show they can meet the requirements after time." Unless schools prove they are moving toward programs comparable to those of Division 1-A member institutions, it is unlikely that the members will readmit them, Two said...
Meanwhile, the Shah, recuperating in Panama (Mexico had refused to readmit him), was beyond U.S. jurisdiction. In Paris, a nephew of the Shah was assassinated on orders of Ayatullah Sadegh Khalkhali, the revolution's hanging judge. In Iran and in the U.S., people were digging in for a long haul...
Cochran's advantage soon may not matter. Iran's newly elected President Abolhassan Banisadr has expressed his willingness to readmit American journalists. He also made an interesting, though perhaps unintended admission: "Their presence is better here even if they tell lies than if they write something about Iran from abroad or if they write nothing...
Although Stephens says he expected that Harvard would readmit him sooner, he says, "I'm not bitter and can't afford to be bitter" about Harvard's actions...