Terry Anderson
Terry Anderson
Terry A. Andersonis an American journalist. He reported for the Associated Press. In 1985, he was taken hostage by Shiite Hezbollah militants and held until 1991. In 2004, he ran unsuccessfully for the Ohio State Senate...
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth27 October 1947
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It's dangerous and unnecessary, ... We need an absolute and public blanket ban on recruiting and use of journalists and clergy by any intelligence agencies, and also the use of journalistic cover.
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People call me a victim of Lebanon, say I lost seven years of my life, ... I didn't lose them -- I lived them.
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I'm serious. It feels like my stomach is on fire. I'm not sure what's up.
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We have nothing to offer (the kidnappers) other than a chance to end this terrible situation.
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We were halfway through the book when we read something that James Holloway, director of the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, had written, bemoaning the lack of contemporary faces in the gallery. With work already completed, we presented it to him and he was keen to go ahead with an exhibition.
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If other parents understood the potential their children could gain from that school, it would make a huge difference.
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Selling public lands can help reduce the drain on the treasury and give us benchmarks to compare private with public management.
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She was doomed from the start. I can't imagine Gale isn't tremendously disappointed.
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Much of our argument is likely to be with the U.S. government, rather than the Iranian government,
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When we made the initial list, there were around 400 names. We had to half that.
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We're the model of contract screening for our category of airports.
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We don't want to get ready to expand and find out then what problems we have - we want to find out what's happening now to mitigate any possible conflicts.
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we will go directly back. We'd be willing to meet with them anywhere, Mexico City or wherever.
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We're trying to get some movement going, to appeal to the kidnappers and make them understand there's nothing to be gained from this and the right thing to do is release (the hostages).