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...killed in action through data-coding errors. A third man, Darrall Lausch of Baroda, Mich., spotted his name on a list of the dead in a local newspaper. Lausch and Craig are both recorded as killed in action on Nov. 19, 1966, the date they were wounded, and appear two lines , apart on the memorial. The names, which are etched in black granite, cannot be removed without damaging the structure...
...Running Man game, Federal criminals, chosen to appear as "contestants," are sent out into the ruins of LA (after the big earthquake) where they are hunted down by "stalkers," glorified killer pro-wrestlers. Which of the several stalkers is to take up the chase is decided by members of the studio audience. There are cameras throughout the game area, and the bloody spectacle of criminals paying their debt to society is watched daily by millions of cheering fans. No contestant has ever survived...
...perhaps every hackneyed cliche ever made about the idle rich. A literary phenomenon created by the same chic Manhattanites she ineptly tries to parody, Janowitz doesn't seem the least bit aware of the element of self-parody in her novel. But, then again, anyone who could agree to appear in those liquor advertisements with Arthur Schlesinger that run in The New Yorker probably wouldn...
Mary and Mike now occasionally appear together as co-anchors on weekend newscasts for WBBM-TV in the Windy City. Officials at some stations who once forbade such arrangements have concluded that employing couples is sometimes good business. Indeed, antinepotism rules are slowly being lifted at companies across the nation. O'Melveny & Myers, one of the nation's largest law firms, has engaged several married couples. Martin Marietta, the giant aerospace and defense contractor, actually has an affirmative hire-a-couple policy. The company believes it is a sound strategy to lure and retain top people. Its Denver division...
Hull, never summoned to appear before the Iran-contra committees, says he did talk to Walsh's investigators under a grant of limited immunity. Hull told them that in 1984 and 1985 he received $10,000 a month from Contra Leader Adolfo Calero to finance rebel support activities. Though he insists he answered the independent counsel's questions honestly, Hull is concerned that Walsh might try to indict him for perjury...