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...Barry Rosen did not have to imagine. He was there. As the embassy's press officer in 1979, he was not only taken hostage at gunpoint but also accused of leading a spy ring and subjected to a mock trial. His punishment included months in a barren prison cell, where an always burning light bulb and constant stress made it almost impossible for him to sleep...
...American government has never forgiven Iran for what happened, so why should the hostages? But rather than carry resentment around for the rest of his life, Rosen has decided to make a remarkable gesture of reconciliation. This Friday at a conference in a U.N. building in Paris, he will come face to face with Abbas Abdi, one of the dozen student leaders who planned and directed the hostage taking. As the dramatic meeting unfolds, the former hostage and his former captor will give talks on U.S.-Iranian relations, sit down for meals together and probably even shake hands...
That powerful image of healing is sure to be criticized by hard-liners in Iran and by many Americans, perhaps including other ex-hostages. Both men are attending as private citizens and do not represent their governments or any groups. In interviews conducted by TIME with Rosen in New York City and Abdi in Tehran, they said they were encouraged to meet after Iranian President Mohammed Khatami's call last January--quickly taken up by President Clinton--for cultural exchanges aimed at bringing down the "wall of mistrust" between their two nations...
Seniors: Shahm Al-Wir, Nick Edmonds, David Ellis, William Evans, Phil Kaufman, Jonathan Kibera, John Lanken, Bill Martin-Doyle, Wolf Moser, Nick Rosen, Geoffrey Sahs, Christopher Sims, Rob Walsh...
Sophomore Tim Martin and junior Denis Sirringhaus also made themselves known at H-Y-P, taking first and second in the 1000 Freestyle with times of 9:11.30 and 9:12.86 respectively. Most of the people who were shaved swam personal-best times, including sophomore Ben Rosen, who took third place with a time of 1:39.49 in the 200 Freestyle and fourth in the 50 Freestyle with a time...