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The results of the religious right's lobbying in Washington have been mixed. Its efforts have helped win fights in Congress on such issues as abortion funding and a law guaranteeing "equal access" to school facilities for voluntary religious and nonreligious student groups. President Reagan supports school prayer, and antiabortion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Jerry Falwell's Crusade | 9/2/1985 | See Source »

With the speed of a Tomahawk missile, the charges of improper billings against General Dynamics, the nation's largest defense contractor, continue to mount. Last week the Pentagon announced that a team of 20 auditors had determined that the company had overcharged the Government by $244 million during the past...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Defense: Cutting Down on Overhead | 4/15/1985 | See Source »

The $800,000 involved in this criminal case is piddling compared with the $168 million repayment sought by the Government in a separate action against G.E. on billings for aircraft parts. A Pentagon audit of 8,000 agreements from 1978 to 1983 revealed that G.E. realized an actual profit of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cracking Down on Contractors | 4/8/1985 | See Source »

For the second time in a month, Lewis was publicly grilled last week by a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee chaired by Michigan Democrat John Dingell. Among other things, Dingell and his colleagues demanded to know why General Dynamics charged the Government for such "overhead" costs as a $14,975...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: General Dynamics Under Fire | 4/8/1985 | See Source »

-- Dubious Government billings. In 1982 alone, General Dynamics asked the Pentagon to pay $18.9 million in overhead costs run up by company headquarters. Among the charges: $491,840 for Lewis' personal flights on corporate jets, often to and from his farm in Albany, Ga.; $538,781 for contributions and memberships...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: General Dynamics Under Fire | 4/8/1985 | See Source »

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