Word: crime
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...head. Suffer amnesia. Exchange identities with the desperately sought Susan (played by Madonna, whose affectlessness in the face of adversity may or may not constitute acting but is marvelously comic). Find herself pursued by one of organized crime's less organized branches. Fall into a loft and a love affair with the projectionist from a kung fu grind house. Find work as a gloriously addled magician's assistant. Get mistaken by the police for a prostitute. In other words, there is more to Roberta's modest attempt at an afternoon's adventure than she bargained...
Mexican officials also arrested six civilians in connection with the crime, and they expect to arrest more policemen as the search widens. In Washington on Friday, Mexican Attorney General Sergio Garcia Ramirez met with Edwin Meese, his U.S. counterpart, on future joint drug-control operations. Meanwhile, on Highway 111 near Camarena's home in the California town of Calexico, a billboard put up by his friends carried a dire message for those who are thinking of crossing the border...
...uncover a possible link between the Khitrichenko shooting and Afghan anger over the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan. Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi ordered law-enforcement officials to spare no effort in the search for the assassins. Said a spokesman for the Ministry of External Affairs: "We strongly condemn this shocking crime against a representative of a country with which we have the friendliest of relations...
...Regan that he wanted to devote all his time and energy to his defense and to spare the Administration further embarrassment. "The President has been far too generous," Donovan said. Indeed, since Donovan's Senate confirmation hearings in 1981, when the businessman was accused of having ties with organized crime but was not indicted, Reagan has voiced unwavering support for his Cabinet member. In a ten-minute Oval Office meeting that a presidential aide described as "emotional but not teary," Donovan told Reagan of his decision to step down. White House officials stressed last week that the President had never...
...claims that he gained significant evidence against Donovan and the other defendants from a 1979 FBI wiretap on the telephone at Masselli's Bronx meat-packing warehouse. In 1981, after Donovan had faced confirmation by the Senate as Labor Secretary, the FBI advised the lawmakers about his alleged organized crime connections but for some reason did not mention the incriminating wiretap. Nor did the FBI reveal that it was aware, as the Senate considered Donovan's qualifications, that "possibly fraudulent schemes" to hike minority participation in the Schiavone subway work had been disclosed by the recorded conversations. The bureau failed...