Word: agent
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
After first peddling the book idea on his own and then enlisting the help of an agent. Stone received a contract promise from Arbor House publishers in August...
...Army sergeant stationed in West Germany was approached by a Soviet agent code-named Misha. He reported the contact and was instructed to play along. Reassigned to the Army Intelligence Agency at Fort Meade, Md., the sergeant was twice sent by the Soviets to their Mexico City embassy. Along with $6,500 and a promise of a monthly $500 retainer, he was given a miniature tape recorder, secret writing paper and a deciphering code for microdot messages...
Keating, 40, a former FBI agent and U.S. Attorney, expresses sweeping support of Reaganomics and maintains that his opponent is out of touch with the voters. Says Keating: "Jones has been a leader in the liberal Democratic House representing a conservative area. He has walked a tightrope too long...
...Tigers did make a few trades and even enlisted a free agent finally this year, their first extravagant one, 16-year veteran Darrell Evans. Through aU of those seasons in the National League, he was a remarkably overlooked player, the first Braves captain after Eddie Mathews, the first Giants captain after Willie Mays...
...wrote the first of two articles on the topic, arguing that certain inflammatory statements, even if they led to harm, cannot be suppressed, because the speaker's "contribution to the genesis of the harmful act was superseded by the agent's own judgment...