Word: annelies
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...solicitation of 29 prospective clients, P.S.C. claimed it would provide military contractors with "timely information of imminent policy changes being considered by the Federal government," enabling them to "compete for government business with confidence and success." There was only one thing wrong: the head of the proposed firm, Mary Ann Gilleece, had been Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition Management since 1983, a job that made her Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger's principal adviser on procuring weapons from defense contractors. Gilleece knew that her job was being phased out, but before leaving the Pentagon, she was attempting to line...
Plea bargaining should not be acceptable in this case. If Walker cannot be "forced to talk against his will," what guarantees do we have that he will reveal all, as promised in his plea bargain? This is no bargain for the American people. Karen Ann Jakuc New York City
...past few weeks have been especially good ones for Eppie Lederer, 67. First she celebrated 30 years of dispensing advice on money, love and marriage to 85 million readers each day as Ann Landers. "I cannot imagine a job that could have provided me with more satisfaction or a better opportunity to touch the lives of so many people," she wrote on the anniversary. Then last week the columnist was named (along with two Nobel prizewinners) among five recipients of the 1985 Albert Lasker medical research and public service awards. Mary Lasker, 84, who with her late husband Albert established...
...marauders have mostly been responsible for robberies and muggings, but they have also committed far more serious crimes. In September, Brian Harris, 20, and Michelle Ann Boyd, 19, two students, were abducted near the UCLA campus and murdered by machine-gun fire. The four gang members charged with the crime were apparently after the couple's car. Instances of gang members murdering one another as well as innocent bystanders in vicious "drive by" shootings are up 90% through October...
...Although Ronald Reagan, of all people, was suggested for the part in one studio press release, Bogie was the obvious choice. "This guy Rick is two-parts Hemingway, one-part Scott Fitzgerald, and a dash of cafe Christ," said one screenwriter. Various actresses, including Hedy Lamarr, Michele Morgan and Ann Sheridan, were proposed for the role that Ingrid Bergman played so indelibly well. What may surprise readers in these days of superstar supersalaries is the piddling sums paid the cast. Bogie got the most, $36,667, while Sydney Greenstreet took home only $7,500. Dooley Wilson, who has made several...