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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...there was little reason for hope that this would happen soon, for the Easter weekend marked the end of an extraordinary round of diplomacy in the search for a solution to the hostage crisis. Both U.S. and Iranian officials had thought they were within sight of a breakthroughthe transfer of custody of the hostages from the militants to the ruling Revolutionary Council, a move seen as the first step toward their eventual release. Then the negotiations collapsed, leaving the governments as far apart as ever...
...aides. "Jerry began to believe he was the founder of a new movement, a messiah of sorts," says one former staffer. "He sat around with these people all hours of the night talking about his role as the only person who could prevent nuclear war. He seemed to lose sight of the fact that a successful political operation calls for organization and money." Says former Press Secretary Charlotte Perry: "He drew crowds, but in the same way that Steve Martin draws crowds, by being outrageous, a wild and crazy politician. They came to see Doonesbury; it's Doonesbury they...
...forever a symbol of the triumph of the individual over man's more malevolent impulses. At the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, which Adolf Hitler hoped would be a showcase of Aryan supremacy, Owens won four gold medals in track and field events, a feat not equaled since. The sight of the graceful American's soaring victory in the long jump and his Olympic-record wins in the 100-and 200-meter dashes and 400-meter relay put the lie to der Führer's simplistic myths about race...
...Ministry to scrap or at least suspend the 1972 SALT I agreement. Carter's most spectacular achievement, the Camp David accords between Egypt and Israel, will be in grave jeopardy if there is no progress on Palestinian autonomy by the end of May. With no such progress in sight, Carter's invitation to Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat for something in the nature of a Camp David encore this month looks like a combination of nostalgia, grandstanding and desperation...
...started, developing his promising defensive relationship with sure-handed freshman shortstop Brad Bauer ("Bobby's excellent" Bauer) and help keep the Crimson on its winning course. The hitting streak is intact at 20 and the record is a pristine 3-0 in the Eastern League. And no end in sight for either mark, says Bobby Kelley...