Word: baddings
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...often said of Andrew Greeley that he never had an unpublished thought. That's too bad...
...increasingly knowledgeable and competent Washington lobbyist supplies a practical knowledge vital to the writing of workable laws. He does it at no public expense?and at only the cost of being sure his own interests get the fullest of hearings. All in all, that may not be a bad bargain, but it does represent a major change in the way the Government goes about the difficult task of trying to balance competing interests against the Constitution's demand to "promote the general Welfare...
...General Services Administration has been plagued by 25 years of bad habits, and we're undoing them." So declares Vincent Alto, the GSA's special counsel, who since May has been investigating charges of theft, kickbacks and mismanagement by agency employees that are costing the Government at least $166 million a year. Alto's probe is expected to produce within a few weeks indictments against scores of GSA employees and Government suppliers. Last week the investigation won the strong backing of Jimmy Carter and led to the firing of Robert Griffin, 61, the agency's No. 2 executive...
...nautical trespassing began on June 27, when a Soviet tugboat and three smaller vessels anchored off the Nordkyn Peninsula in the Barents Sea. The Soviet captains claimed to be seeking shelter from bad weather. The often stormy northern seas were calm at the time. The boats left after a Norwegian gunboat was dispatched to escort them out of the area...
...explanations did not clarify matters very much. The nation's trade balance is indeed appallingly bad, with imports exceeding exports by some $16.4 billion since January, a nearly 50% in crease from the same period of last year. Yet last week the Commerce Department released June's trade figures and, though the monthly deficit was still $1.6 billion, it was the best one-month total in more than a year and showed a $600 million improvement over May. To blame the dollar's dilemma on the stymied energy bill also seemed a reach. It is undoubtedly a disgrace that...