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...criminal complaint against him cites one specific event: in the spring of 1975, Koecher stole and copied a four-page CIA document marked SECRET, wadded the copy inside an empty cigarette pack, then passed it to another Czech agent, possibly with Hana as the go-between. Among the documents Koecher allegedly pilfered and gave to the Czechs were lists of undercover CIA agents...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Picking Up the Czech | 12/10/1984 | See Source »

...Sandinistas lost no time in going before the United Nations Security Council in New York City, introducing a resolution that called for the immediate end to the mining of Nicaraguan ports. The U.S. used its Security Council veto to block the resolution. The Nicaraguans then decided to take their complaint to the World Court, the judicial arm of the U.N. and the highest forum for resolving disputes between nations. When the U.S. learned of Nicaragua's intention, it launched an ill-conceived pre-emptive strike: just three days before Nicaragua filed suit, the U.S. asserted that it would...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Central America: Trouble with the Law | 12/10/1984 | See Source »

Rising fees are only one item on the consumer grievance list. Another complaint is banking's continued use of the float on checks. While this is an old banking practice, it seems particularly irritating at a time when modern communications make it possible for banks to transfer funds around the world in a matter of seconds. Money deposited as checks can often be used by the customers only after holding periods that may range from two days to three weeks. During that hiatus, the bank has, in effect, impounded the money since it receives credit for the check...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Banking Takes a Beating | 12/3/1984 | See Source »

...student is found with drugs or alochol more than once, the Sharon school system requires the student and his parents to agree in writing to a specific drug rehabilition program. If the offer is refused the school system files a complaint against the family in juvenile court...

Author: By Jonathan M. Moses, | Title: Dukakis Fights Drug Abuse in Schools | 11/20/1984 | See Source »

There was the expected debunking of the Republican candidate in Cambridge and New Haven, in the newsrooms of the big liberal papers, in the salons of trendy Georgetown. But what startled in the final weeks was the paroxysm of complaint against the voters, who, despite all the entreaties from these learned folks, made up their minds in impressive numbers to back President Reagan. For years these same voters had been praised and pumped up by overpaid TV commentators and underpaid instructors of political science as the most informed and best-educated and therefore the wisest electorate in the world. This...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Presidency by Hugh Sidey: When the Elite Loses Touch | 11/19/1984 | See Source »

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