Word: ambler
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DIED. ERIC AMBLER, 89, pioneering thriller writer; in London. With such books as Epitaph for a Spy and A Coffin for Dimitrios, Ambler elevated the spy novel to the level of literature. "As I saw it, the thriller had nowhere to go but up," he wrote in his 1985 autobiography. Several of his 19 books were made into films, including Journey into Fear starring Orson Welles. Ambler, who also wrote screenplays, was nominated for an Academy Award for The Cruel...
...Pennsylvania State U, B.A., 1969; Widener U, J.D., 1975 FAMILY: Wife, Judithanne RELIGION: Jewish MILITARY: Air Force Reserve, 1969-75 OCCUPATION: Lawyer POLITICAL CAREER: Pennsylvania House, 1985-91; Montgomery County Board of Commissioners, 1991-95; Republican nominee for U.S. House, 1992; U.S. House, 1994- ADDRESS: 36 W. Skippack Pike, Ambler...
...many others. The Episcopal convention will debate a conservative counterblast from 60 bishops, led by William Frey, dean of Trinity Episcopal School for Ministry in Ambler, Pa. The proposal would amend canon law to place all clergy "under the obligation to abstain from sexual relations outside of Holy Matrimony." Observes Frey: "Many of us believe that the sexual revolution has run its course, leaving in its wake thousands of broken marriages, a sharp rise in teenage pregnancies, millions of convenience- motivated abortions, a multibillion-dollar pornography industry and a mushrooming AIDS epidemic. What could be better news than the proclamation...
...year, although the U.S. has given Panama $130 million to pay off arrears on its $5 billion foreign debt, Washington has laid out only $70 million in direct aid. "What we're giving them is not even equal to direct damages caused by the invasion," says former U.S. Ambassador Ambler Moss, who estimates the destruction's price tag to be $1 billion. Meanwhile, the surge in global oil prices has dealt the country an unexpected and potentially disastrous blow. Totally dependent on imported oil, Panama expects to see its petroleum costs double to $300 million next year. Says Comptroller General...
...opposite in recent interviews. The U.S. insists that a professional military is needed to protect the Panama Canal and it must, regrettably, be headed in part by Noriega's followers because hardly any uncorrupted and democratic Panamanian officers with military experience are available. "The danger," says Ambler Moss, a former U.S. Ambassador to Panama, "is that the price of stability is to reestablish the P.D.F. under a different name...