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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...them, the White House asserts that it did not want specifically to single out any groups for exclusion. But agents cannot interview people in the U.S. without identifying themselves as spooks. Nor can the CIA, using a seemingly innocuous business firm as cover overseas, sign a contract with any Americans unless they know that the agency is involved...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: New Orders for the Admiral | 1/30/1978 | See Source »

Clients would pay Lloyd, Carr large sums to purchase rights either to buy or sell a "commodity futures contract" maturing at some given date in the future. Trading in U.S. commodity futures options has been banned in America since 1936, but dealers can offer options based on the London market. Carr's firm did this and prospered; it grew to employ 1,000 salesmen, and got the blessings of the Boston Better Business Bureau as well as a Dun & Bradstreet "triple A" credit rating...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Options Scam In Boston | 1/30/1978 | See Source »

...employees argued in October before the Massachusetts Labor Relations Committee that the Crugnales committed unfair labor practices by subverting contract negotiations and refusing to bargain. The announcement of the dropping of the charges yesterday signals the end of the strike, Rancatore said...

Author: By Justina K. Carlson, | Title: Strike At Steve's Settled; Workers Drop Charges | 1/27/1978 | See Source »

Kevin P. Welsh, assistant Harvard soccer coach, signed a contract Monday night to play for the New England Tea Men, a new professional soccer team...

Author: By Nancy A. Tentindo, | Title: Welsh Signs With Pros | 1/25/1978 | See Source »

Although he would not disclose the amount of his salary, Welsh said that he was "very pleased" with the contract...

Author: By Nancy A. Tentindo, | Title: Welsh Signs With Pros | 1/25/1978 | See Source »

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