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His argument was that the hostage-taking was essentially a political problem—that as soon as the Iranian radicals decided that holding the hostages no longer served their political goals, they would let our people come home.
The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010
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His argument was that the hostage-taking was essentially a political problem—that as soon as the Iranian radicals decided that holding the hostages no longer served their political goals, they would let our people come home.
The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010
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His argument was that the hostage-taking was essentially a political problem—that as soon as the Iranian radicals decided that holding the hostages no longer served their political goals, they would let our people come home.
The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010
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One is tempted to picture some prehistoric hostage-taking of Germanic-speakers and to imagine their rescue or escape or release—and their eventual return to those they loved.
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
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One is tempted to picture some prehistoric hostage-taking of Germanic-speakers and to imagine their rescue or escape or release—and their eventual return to those they loved.
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
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Apart from the hostage-taking, Olive Kitteridge refers to many violent or traumatic events in the lives of its characters or their friends or relatives – suicide, divorce, infidelity, miscarriages, death by drowning, a major stroke, a fatal hunting accident.
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Apart from the hostage-taking, Olive Kitteridge refers to many violent or traumatic events in the lives of its characters or their friends or relatives – suicide, divorce, infidelity, miscarriages, death by drowning, a major stroke, a fatal hunting accident.
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Not a hostage-taking, bomb-throwing, wildly irrational stand, but something I call the Paytriot Pledge.
Clay Farris Naff: Patriotism and the Pledge: If You Love Your Country, Put Up or Shut Up Clay Farris Naff 2011
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I am certain that this confusion contributed to a wide range of abuses including death threats, beatings, broken bones, murder, exposure to elements, extreme forced physical exertion, hostage-taking, stripping, sleep deprivation and degrading treatment.
Dear President Bush, 2009
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We didn't know when the shah was going to fall, didn't foresee the massive wave that would topple him, didn't know the 1979 revolution would move violently against American citizens, didn't know how to handle the hostage-taking.
Iran Election Live-Blogging (Friday June 19) The Huffington Post News Team 2009
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