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Talking with "Jimbo." When Press Secretary Jody Powell brings a covey of reporters to ask Jordan about the appointments bottleneck, Jordan self-deprecatingly points to himself. But it is a shared responsibility. While Jordan may be methodical to a fault, his boss has insisted on more elaborate procedures than in the past. The appointment process has been stretched from the normal three or four weeks to five or six because the Administration is making an unparalleled effort to avoid conflicts of interest and other potentially embarrassing situations. Security clearances and IRS checks are also taking longer than expected. "These people...
...stunning accuracy (a 66.7% pass-completion record), seven years of experience and sound football sense. Stabler stands behind an almost impregnable wall of protection led by Tackle Art Shell and Guard Gene Upshaw, his left arm ever cocked, "the Snake" ready to strike. Few quarterbacks have had a covey of receivers to rival Stabler's. Wide Receiver Fred Biletnikoff, 33, works the sideline like a 190-lb. Wallenda. His hands are liberally coated with Hold-Tite, but all the sticky goo in the world will not replace the 30 min. per day he spends tossing a football against a wall...
...more charisma than Rabin can provide. Meanwhile, he is being pushed by his opposition. Shimon Peres has indicated that if he decides he cannot go along with any government policy, he will bolt the government and run against Rabin, either independently or in the Labor Party. In addition, a covey of former generals, including former Intelligence Chief Aharon Yariv, is threatening to form a third force in Israeli politics-between the Labor government and its conservative opposition. Yariv, who resigned as Rabin's Information Minister last year because he felt underemployed and out of place in a government...
...bitter winter wind churned up the North Atlantic waves last week, the Icelandic gunboat Thor headed for a covey of British fishing trawlers that had moved into a forbidden conservation area. Guarding the trawlers, the British frigate Yarmouth kept close cover on Thor. While both vessels were running closely abreast at a brisk 16 knots, one of them-the accounts differ-veered toward the other. Warning blasts were sounded, engines were thrown full astern. It was too late. Yarmouth's bow sliced into Thor, ripping away the starboard wing of the gunboat's bridge...
...book two inches thick. The imperial couple will have plenty of help keeping to the schedule. They will be trailed by a retinue of 22, headed by Deputy Premier Takeo Fukuda and including the imperial household's grand steward, grand chamberlain, grand master of cerermonies and a covey of ladies in waiting...