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...example, is matchless. Would you believe a travel writer for people who hate to travel? His guidebooks, published under the general heading "The Accidental Tourist," answer such questions as "What restaurants in Tokyo offered Sweet'n'Low? Did Amsterdam have a McDonald's? Did Mexico City have a Taco Bell? Did any place in Rome serve Chef Boyardee ravioli?" Like his unadventurous readers, Macon always feels the urge to shorten his itinerary and return home...
...months for the results of an internal probe into the check-kiting scheme for which Hutton paid a $2 million fine in May. "It won't make pleasant reading," Fomon advised as he gave a preview of the 183-page report issued last week by former Attorney General Griffin Bell, whom Hutton had hired...
...blame back in May, when the company pleaded guilty to 2,000 counts of wire and mail fraud. The Justice Department's failure to charge any of Hutton's executives raised howls of criticism that cast further harsh light on the company's operations. But, as expected, Bell's report did single out offenders and called for changes in the way Hutton does business. "I think we got the facts," declared Bell, whose team of 14 lawyers interviewed more than 370 current and former Hutton employees. Says James Hanbury, who studies Hutton for the investment firm Wertheim & Co.: "Bell...
...tough action on imports are widespread. Senate Republican Charles Grassley of Iowa declared last week that "the Administration's approach has gotten us nowhere." Republican John Danforth of Missouri called the President's decision a "very serious mistake. It puts more and more pressure on Congress to answer the bell of every affected industry...
...presidential bids. In July the Justice Department decided not to prosecute Presser on charges of paying $274,000 to nonworking "ghost employees" at a Teamsters local in Cleveland. Presser's uncle Allen Friedman went to federal prison for allegedly receiving such illegal payments. Federal District Court Judge Sam Bell granted Friedman a new trial last week on the grounds that U.S. prosecutors failed to disclose Presser's role in the case as an FBI informant. Bell also ordered an investigation of whether FBI and Justice Department officials violated the law by failing to turn over crucial evidence about Presser...