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...diplomats were rather more cautious than Carter's entourage in responding to what State Department Spokesman John Trattner called the "delicious shudder of rumors." Privately, some State Department veterans were dismayed that a pro-Iranian policy was being concocted on the hustings for what might in part be domestic political reasons. One cause for diplomatic skepticism was Iran's crippling internal political dissensions, which had frustrated all past attempts to obtain the freedom of the hostages. Another was the lack of any reliable channel for the direct negotiations that would be necessary to seal an agreement...
ARCHITECTS OF IDEAS - Ernest R. Trattner - Carrick & Evans ($3.75). Beginning with Copernicus and ending with Einstein this book gives lucid explanations of what 15 scientific theoreticians have done for Science. Of more interest than Author Trattner's biographies are his accounts of vulgar errors, wrong theories and bad guesses for which scholars and scientists fought tooth & nail...