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Tabatabai in September offered a remarkable test of his credentials and Iran's willingness to get down to business. He sent the West Germans a message that within the next few days Khomeini would publicly spell out four demands in exchange for the hostages' release, and provided the text of those demands. As if he were reading a script, Khomeini interrupted a rambling anti-American speech on Sept. 12 to list the four conditions exactly as Tabatabai had detailed them. They were: a U.S. pledge not to interfere in Iranian internal affairs, the unblocking of Iran...
...which played a fine game against Clarkson Saturday night, will be looking to avenge an 11-5 loss at the hands of Northeastern and come out hitting. But with Tom Murray and Mark Fusco ailing and plenty of confusion and defense and the power play, netminder Wade Lau will spell the difference between a blowout and a close one. If Lau plays the way he did against Clarkson, the Crimson has a real chance because Northeastern is under lots of pressure as defending champion. But it's rare that goalies are so sharp twice in a row You have...
Once we started talking about the list of things (read: demands) which the group wanted us to carry out, there were even some pretty funny moments--in retrospect, that is. I remember stifling a laugh when I heard demand #3 (or was it #4): that The Crimson spell all names of Third World peoples and organizations correctly. And I looked up at the woman who was reading the list and quietly explained that all newspapers try to spell all names of people and organizations correctly, and that we would be careful in the future but that we'd doubtlessly make...
Indeed, over the past few months a dry spell has plagued much of the U.S.; if heavy snows and drenching rains do not hit before summer, a drought of near biblical proportions could affect some areas...
...summer's drought left the subsoil in the lower wheat-growing states of Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas seriously dehydrated. Another dry summer would cut yields in these areas significantly, and the outlook for rain is not good. Says Iowa's agricultural climatologist Paul Waite: "When a dry spell goes over a year, it is likely to run on to two years...