Word: baileys
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...down strangers. More and more, says Horton, the public is "seeing vets not as baby killers but, at worst, as dupes-and, at best, as people who did heir patriotic duty." Yet the veterans remain wary. "The shift in America's mood is a subtle one," says Steve Bailey, a Houston doctor and volunteer counselor of Viet Nam veterans. "The vets I talk to are waiting to see if the feeling endures past Armistice...
...offense involving a 14-year-old girl. Shortly afterward, his wife Rhona discovered spying equipment under a bed and reported it to the police. Eventually, Prime confessed to being both a spy and a sex offender. During the two-hour trial at London's historic Old Bailey, Lord Lane sentenced Prime to an additional three years in prison for molesting three young girls. Said Lane: "Your ruthlessness is demonstrated not only by what you did with this country's secrets but by what you did to those girls. You made the choice and you must suffer...
Congressmen Ike Skelton and Wendell Bailey of Missouri have been pitted against each other by redistricting. Such a clash of incumbents inevitably triggers heavy PAC spending, and some groups like the A.M. A. have hedged their bets by donating to both. With dairy and labor PACs lining up behind Democrat Skelton, and corporate ones behind Republican Bailey, each side has raised $100,000 from special interests...
...parting statement, Bailey, 53, a 32-year veteran of the Tribune and its editor since 1972, condemned the layoffs as "a very serious mistake" that "will have grave consequences." Bailey said the reductions would make it "difficult to maintain, let alone improve" the paper's quality. Bailey, who was to step down by year's end to return to the paper's Washington bureau as a senior national correspondent, then announced that under the changed circumstances it would be "unthinkable" to remain in any capacity. His departure, he said, was "the only way to meet my obligations...
Cowles Chairman Otto Silha said that Bailey's departure would not have "any great effect" on the quality of the paper. But for some Star and Tribune staff members, Bailey's protest reflected a growing concern that the company was stressing profitability and the value of its privately held stock above journalistic quality. "It came as a complete shock," said Brent Stahl, a news research analyst and staffer with the paper's respected Minnesota Poll, which is also being axed. The local Newspaper Guild polled its members and produced a vote of "no confidence" in the paper...