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Hostage (2005/I) (538 words) |
 | A failed police negotiator turned small town cop, must save the lives of a family held hostage, which draws him into a much more dangerous situation. |
 | It seems to have all the elements of the Bruce Willis action movie, so one might think it cannot surprise anymore. |
 | Bottom line is, Hostage is a good pick not only for the action/thriller fan, but also for any movie goer. |
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American Experience | Jimmy Carter | People & Events (1219 words) |
 | The hostage crisis was the most dramatic in a series of problems facing Americans at home and abroad in the last year of the Carter presidency. |
 | It's hard to say, since the hostage crisis was merely the latest event in the long and complex relationship between the United States and Iran. |
 | Carter's all-night effort to bring the 52 hostages home before the end of his term, documented by an ABC television crew in the Oval Office, fell short; the Iranians released them minutes after Reagan was inaugurated. |