The longer a hostage crisis goes on, the better it usually comes out.

Did you ever think it would come down to this, nearly 20 years after the hostage crisis in Iran?

"Somehow the memory of the hostage crisis never goes away."

He also sees this force as the solution to the hostage crisis.

This movie is based on real events of the 1979-1981 Iranian hostage crisis.

"I hadn't been there in eight years, since the days of the hostage crisis," he said.

The answer lies only in the outcome of the hostage crisis.

The longer a hostage crisis went on, the better the chance for a negotiated settlement.

The hostage crisis entered its third month today with no breakthrough.

But the hostage crisis has put the country's hopes for the future in jeopardy.