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Hopes for their release have been periodically raised, and then abruptly shattered. Once again last week there was a dizzying flurry of rumors that the prisoners of the Islamic militants might soon get their freedom-perhaps in a deal involving the shipment of U.S. military supplies to embattled Iran. And once again, the final decision over their fate depended on the unpredictable judgment of Tehran's parliament, the 228-member Majlis, a body dominated by the most fanatical followers of the Ayatullah Ruhollah Khomeini...
...another four years. The prospect of a hostage deal, however, confronted his Administration with an acute foreign-policy dilemma. Because of obvious political as well as humanitarian considerations, the President could hardly reject any reasonable terms for the freedom of the captives. Yet any U.S. concessions, particularly on the shipment of military spare parts, might compromise Washington's neutral stance on the Persian Gulf war, thereby enraging Iraq and dismaying its pro-American supporters in the war with Iran -Saudi Arabia and Jordan. At worst, such a quid pro quo might be construed by Moscow as direct U.S. interference...
...swiftly recover all the frozen assets. Their most immediate interest may be the reopening of a supply channel for spare parts and ammunition for Iran's U.S.-built arms and materiel. If and when the trade embargo is lifted, there would be no legal obstacle to the shipment of $550 million worth of impounded military equipment ordered and paid for by the Shah...
...feelings of excitement and wonder about the world of natural history. In "The Panda's Thumb" essay, for example, Gould tells us of his childhood adoration of pandas and how delighted he was "when the first fruits of our thaw with China went beyond ping pong to the shipment of two pandas to the Washington zoo. I went and watched with appropriate...
Only under the cover of several squad cars and a battery of policemen could a shipment of 15,000 gallons get through on Thursday. MASCO president Steven A. Tritman said his company only wanted to prevent injuries to the strikers, who lined the Francis St. side of the plant and threatened to lie down in front of the oil trucks...