Green Farms Academy - Excalibur Yearbook (Westport, CT)

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TERRORISM It is no longer somebody else's problem. From London to Cairo, terrorism was the headline story of the year. Many Americans were forced to abandon plans for travel abroad this year as department store bombings, airline hijackings, and shipboard sieges became a commonplace occurrence. The use of terrorism became an official gov- ernment policy in countries such as Libya. We've begun to learn that terrorists, those who have nothing to lose, are the ones to fear. The struggle for freedom should be something more than a contest between their terrorists and our terrorists. - Representative Gerry E. Studds QD.-Mass.J Hello, my dearest wife. I am 0. K. - CNN correspondent Jerry Levin, in a note to his wife after he escaped terrorists who had held him prisoner in Lebanon for nearly a year. Get down! If you don't, he's going to blow your head of and mine too. -- stewardess on TWA Flight 847, speaking to a passenger during the Beirut hijacking. I never thought I would be glad to see Germany - Rich- ard Herzberg, who had been separated from other TWA hostages because of his Jewish-sounding name, as he ar- rived in Frankfurt. After seeing the movie Rambo, I'll know what to do the next time something like this happens - President Rea- gan, commenting on the TWA hostage crisis. I was lying withfour orjivefriends in a row but I was the only one picked. fHef looked at me without expression and shot a burst at me. - Mario Orellana, 22-year-old student, after a terrorist attack on a San Salvador cafe that killed 13, including four U.S. Marines. Maybe it's time to stay home. I tell you, as far as I'm concerned there are crazies walking around and normal people can't cope with them. - Achille Lauro passenger Anita Rosenthal. 77