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...dealing with rug merchants, you need something to trade.' " The count's modest proposal: kidnap the Ayatullah Khomeini and exchange him for the 53 Americans. "After weeks of reconnaissance, my people came up with a detailed plan to land a helicopter near Khomeini's residence, neutralize his guards and whisk him away. The CIA loved the idea, but Jimmy Carter nixed it. He said, 'We just can't do this to an old bishop...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dispatches: A Lunch with France's James Bond | 4/4/1994 | See Source »

Another alleged co-conspirator is Zeinolabedine Sarhadi. According to Swiss border police, Sarhadi arrived in their country on Aug. 13, 1991, ostensibly to work as an archivist in the Iranian embassy. His real mission, Bruguiere claims, was to help whisk Bakhtiar's murderers out of the country. Phone data, backed up by questioning of hotel personnel and inspection of guest registers, indicate that Sarhadi was in touch with both the Istanbul base and the Geneva hotel where hit-man Azadi stayed just before his escape from the country. Sarhadi's lawyer, Nuri Albala, admits that his client's "passport arrived...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Tehran Connection | 3/21/1994 | See Source »

...head could fit inside the whisk," said Katherine K. Huang...

Author: By Noemi Flores, | Title: Bigger Is Better in Winthrop House | 10/21/1993 | See Source »

...utensils consist of two cheese slicers, a corkscrew, a can opener and a whisk--each about five feet long...

Author: By Noemi Flores, | Title: Bigger Is Better in Winthrop House | 10/21/1993 | See Source »

...Jesse's questions. And like any ingratiating adolescent, Willy knows how to make bad manners look cute. The children who giggled in Jurassic Park at the sight of a paleobotanist elbow- deep in triceratops doody will love the moment when Willy uses his blowhole to whisk away a huge wad of whale snot. Most important, he has a sweet disposition -- lets the boy stroke his tongue -- and is fiercely loyal to his human sibling. By film's end, a million tots in the audience will be tearfully whispering Jessie's climactic words: "I love you, Willy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Prince Of Whales | 7/19/1993 | See Source »

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