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...Iran's conditions: admission of guilt, recognition of Iran's right to seize the Shah and his assets, and a pledge of noninterference. Ghotbzadeh, on the other hand, was saying that Iran could hold the hostages "more or less forever." The militants repeatedly undercut the diplomacy of both officials. They listened only to Khomeini, who, hospitalized with a weak heart, decreed that the hostage issue would be decided by the Islamic parliament to be elected two months later, in May. The U.N. commission heard and saw grisly evidence of torture by SAVAK, the Shah's secret police...
...nothing more than "ways of escape" from boredom and what he calls his manic-depressive self. He merely sought "that feeling of exhilaration which a measure of danger brings to the visitor with a return ticket." He even uses his extensive experience of the world as a way to undercut the imaginative scope of his novels: "Some critics have referred to a strange violent 'seedy' region of the mind (why did I ever popularize that last adjective?) which they call Greeneland, and I have sometimes wondered whether they go round the world blinkered. 'This is Indochina...
...best to keep Peres in his place. When the Defense Minister delivered a briefing, for instance, Rabin would show his impatience by swiveling round in his chair. Rabin also named General Ariel Sharon, the hero of the 1973 war, as his special military adviser, a role that clearly undercut that of the Defense Minister...
JEAN-LUC Godard is one the less compromising critics of our age, and his severity can undercut his effectiveness. It certainly limits his popularity. Few of us enjoy being made to feel like a Godard character-no one likes getting run over...
...passengers may still find cut-rate seats next year on the four daily New York-California flights operated by World Airways and Capitol International, two small carriers that currently offer the lowest round-trip fare: $240. But though they may continue to undercut the bigger airlines, their prices will almost certainly go up sharply. World has lost $23 million this year and cannot afford to keep its fares down much longer. Capitol is watching what the other carriers do. For the moment at least, the fare skirmishing that marked the early days of deregulation will likely give way to friendly...