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...good war" from 1943 to 1945, operating along a shadow line in the Office of Strategic Services. After V-J day it was business as usual. By the '70s, shrewd venture capitalism and self-promotion had made him a multimillionaire. ; They had also made him an important contributor to the G.O.P. treasury and strategy. When Reagan assumed office he offered Casey, his campaign manager, the CIA job. "If it wasn't for you," said the President, "I wouldn't be in this hot seat." The remark was more ominous than either of them knew...
...rest of the squad faltered down the stretch, Kroupa came into her own, dominating net play. She will be replaced by freshman Kristin Smith, a big contributor in the win over Brown...
While these results convinced both Blankenhorn and Brown that reduced cholesterol was the major contributor to the reversal, Ornish has his doubts. "If lowering cholesterol were the primary factor in causing reversal of heart disease," he notes in his book, "most of the patients in the studies by Dr. Blankenhorn and Dr. Brown who were taking cholesterol-lowering drugs should have shown reversal, since almost all of these patients had substantial decreases in blood-cholesterol levels. Yet only a minority showed reversal...
...Senate ethics committee was faced with such fine questions last week in its plodding probe of five Senators who may have gone too far in their attempt to get federal officials off the back of Charles Keating, a generous contributor to their campaigns. Keating, 66, was released on $300,000 bail last week after spending a month in a California jail awaiting trial on charges that he misled investors in his bankrupt Lincoln Savings & Loan, whose failure will cost taxpayers $2 billion. Ten months into its investigation, the committee is still trying to decide whether at least three Democratic Senators...
Still, the Administration is not reconciled to cutting Pakistan off permanently. Islamabad is the main link to U.S.-supplied mujahedin guerrillas in Afghanistan and the contributor of 2,000 troops to the gulf buildup. Two weeks ago, State Department officials sounded out Congress on extending aid without certification until elections are held in Pakistan next week. Legislators refused to go along with a waiver...