They were later released. In 1981,Tehran authorities changed the name of the road running in front of the British embassy from Churchill Street to Bobby Sands Street, after the Irish Republican Army member who died on a hunger strike in prison.
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If Sands can convince Wall Street that his is a growth story, the stock could rise enough to make an equity offering feasible and enable him to pay off a chunk of his junk-bond debt.
Before you say farewell to Sin City, pick up a piece of Vegas history to bring home -- say, an ashtray from the legendary Sands Hotel -- from downtown's Main Street Antiques.