Suffolk University - Beacon Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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der went a revolution and took 53 Americans as hostage inside the U.S. embassy. The country . . . Iran. A once powerful shah, Mohammed Reza Pahlevi, was forced to flee Iran by the Islamic revolution. An eighty year old man, Ayatollah Khomeni, was set up as the all power in Iran. During the shah ' s flight, he be- came ill and the United States ad- mitted him into a New York hospi- tal, a humanitarian gesture for an old ally. This gesture enraged the Iranians so much they took the em- bassy personnel hostage under gunpoint. They demanded the shah be returned to them where he would face execution for his crimes against the people. The shah left the U.S. and only one country in the world would take him in, . . . Egypt. The mili- tants holding the hostages now de- manded his money in exchange for the hostages, as well as an apology for U.S. intervention in Iran during the shah ' s regime. Finally, all de- mands were lost between the rethoric from Washington, and an unstable government, incapable of making any coherent law. During December, Soviet troops invaded a stepping stone country to the ocean. Afganistan was over-run and occupied; the Soviets justified the take over by saying the govern- ment asked for it ' s help. The same leader who supposedly asked for the Russians help, was shot to death as he was hiding from the in- vasion. Kevin Belanger Management Stephen Benham Accounting Arthur Bernard History Laura Bernard Marketing Coleman Barry Crime and Delinquency Edward Barry Psychology w

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Harvey Brown Nathaniel Brown General Studies Michael Bruen Accounting Vincent Buchanan Carter ' s answer to the invasion was predictable: What can we do about it? Finally, he sent a reply. Ameri- can athletes would not go to the 1980 Olympics held in Moscow that year. However, during the Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, Carter rallied behind the American hockey team that took the Russian team by surprise, and captured a gold metal. Carter likened their win with na- tional feelings, he was denying summer athletes the same chance to win. Our athletic finest will not go this summer; Afganistan is still occu- pied. December came and went. Janu- ary and anew decade loomed on the horizon and still, the hostages were not released. Edward Kenne- dy ' s bid for the Presidency was now a lesson in futility. Carter hid himself behind the walls of the Rose Garden. February, March, and April rolled around. Carter was beating Kennedy in almost every Democrat- ic primary, doubling his delegates with every vote. He did this by draping a flag over his shoulder, and sending representatives to all politicall functions. The hostages spent Christmas, the New Year, and Easter (or Passover) in captivity. 26