Word: detectives
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...scheduled to spend some $26 billion over five years. There are fewer than 100 full-time staffers; most of the funds go for research projects assigned to private firms or federal facilities. So far, Abrahamson has spent much of his time soliciting bids from contractors for systems that could "detect, identify, discriminate, intercept and destroy ballistic missiles." Ten aerospace-industry study teams have been awarded $1 million each to come up with "architecture" studies describing more precisely what the military is seeking...
Conable listened to Jimmy Carter's entreaties. But it did not take long for the Congressman to detect the flaw in that presidency. "Carter conferred with God, Rosalynn and Amy and then made judgments about what was right and wrong, but he did not lead," says Conable. He was distressed when Jerry Ford did not get a second term because he felt Ford put results above personal glory. Nixon had to be moved off the national stage. Ford did it by pardoning him. Ford was then defeated...
Careful readers of the couple's book might detect a trace of bias. But the authors say they weren't a part of this freedom-loving movement...
...polls in Europe show a marked increase in respect for Reagan. The Soviets have made several intriguing comments that suggest they are finding more merit in his arms-control proposals than they ever noted before the election. There are some sage observers in this city who claim they even detect a slight mellowing in Tip O'Neill...
...meantime the FBI, suffering from a spate of bad publicity-the acquittal of Auto Magnate John De Lorean on drug-trafficking charges, revelations that the bureau had been slow to detect alleged espionage by one of its counterintelligence officers-was elated by the Honduran coup busting. "We want to make it clear that the full resources of the FBI will be devoted to preventing terrorist acts like those disclosed today," said Director William Webster. At his family farm 50 miles outside Tegucigalpa, the Honduran capital, President Suazo was being guarded by 800 Honduran soldiers...