Word: settlements
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Tuesday, the rising spirits sagged once again. Iran's chief hostage negotiator, Behzad Nabavi, had urged the Majlis, the Iranian parliament, to take emergency action to pass two bills that would expedite settlement of the hostage issue. One would authorize arbitration of disputes involving Iranian assets in the U.S. The other would nationalize all assets of the late Shah, thus making Iran's claims to his property more legally defensible. But when the Majlis met to consider the two bills, a required quorum of the twelve-man Council of Guardians, a group of six clerics and six laymen...
...Agreement on role of the US as mediator in seeking a settlement of disputes between El Salvador and Honduras...
Christopher rushes to Algiers-again-as the U.S. bids for the captives Once more the pace quickened. After eight weeks of stop-and-start negotiations for the freedom of the 52 U.S. hostages, a flurry of activity in Tehran, Washington and Algiers raised hopes last week that a possible settlement might at last be imminent. Or was it? The nation's very capacity for optimism seemed to have been blunted by 14 months of watching the cruel pendulum swing between hope and disappointment...
Reagan then did some prodding of his own by indicating that he might attempt a different, unspecified tack if the crisis was not resolved by the time he takes office on Jan. 20. Though he said he would probably support a Carter-negotiated settlement, the President-elect would not commit himself absolutely. Said Reagan...
Hurvitz's toughness and resilience reflect a spartan upbringing and an earlier career as a successful businessman. He is a first cousin of former Foreign Minister Moshe Dayan and, like him, grew up on a pioneering agricultural settlement at Nahalal near Haifa. After a wartime stint as an artilleryman in the British Army's Jewish Brigade, Hurvitz turned his hand to investment. He bought into a farm cooperative, moved on to one small dairy products company after another and demonstrated an unusual knack for turning unprofitable ventures into money earners. Says his brother Amos, a Knesset member...