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...case against GE is part of a crackdown on defense contractors who, according to critics, have made overcharging the Government practically their standard operating procedure. The Pentagon has revealed that 45 of the 100 largest military suppliers are now under criminal investigation. That makes it probable that GE's guilty plea will be the first of many...
Soviet citizens barely had time last week to react to rare television footage of General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev mingling with people on the streets of Leningrad, trading one-liners and urging greater work discipline, when they were asked to digest another, more jarring piece of news: a sweeping crackdown on a national pastime -- drinking. The decree raises the drinking age from 18 to 21, delays the daily opening of liquor stores by three hours, calls for a gradual cut in vodka production and an eventual ban on port, which the Soviets consume in huge quantities. The measure also prescribes harsh...
None of Gorbachev's exhortations were new. During his 15-month tenure, Andropov addressed many of the same issues and proposed the same solutions that his protege is now advocating. There were warnings in Moscow that Gorbachev would soon reintroduce another Andropov tactic, a crackdown on the endemic problem of alcoholism. Rumors have swept the capital that vodka will be rationed in the future...
...Pentagon crackdown comes just when the Reagan Administration is battling to push its enormous defense budget through an increasingly combative Congress. The White House has called for military spending to increase by 12.7% in fiscal 1986, to $277.5 billion. But critics, incensed by stories of $7,600 coffeemakers and $400 hammers, are now challenging the price that the Pentagon pays for everything from wrenches to warplanes. Air Force Secretary Verne Orr acknowledged the public furor in his dunning letters to G.E. and Pratt & Whitney: "National support for building military strength has been severely battered by public perception that...
Some critics were skeptical of the Pentagon's ballyhooed crackdown. "It's all show," said George Spanton, who was a Defense Department auditor for 25 years and became a celebrated whistle blower. "I can assure you that the last four years have been the worst that the department has seen. They are going after the brush fires...