Word: directer
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...independent counsel examined the transactions in trying to determine whether Meese had accepted a bribe or a gratuity. But he concluded, "There is no direct evidence that Mr. Meese accepted anything of value from Mr. Wallach with the requisite state of mind for a gratuities violation...
...mayor of Mudanjiang, Wang Shubin, wants to talk not about the soldiers but about local merchants, who have their own interest these days in the Soviet Union. Beijing and Moscow have authorized the Chinese province of Heilongjiang and the Soviet Union's Maritime province to conduct direct cross- border trade. Chinese and Soviet officials travel back and forth, comparing wish lists, displaying wares and negotiating barter deals. Since both countries have nonconvertible currencies and neither wants to expend precious reserves of hard currency, no money changes hands. The Chinese supply vegetables, prefabricated plastic greenhouses and textiles; the Soviets send back...
...over a vast swatch of ocean. They can track more than 100 aircraft, surface ships, submarines, missiles and torpedoes simultaneously. All show up as white symbols on one of four blue screens; each symbol is in a particular shape, identifying the object as airplane, missile or whatever. Computers can direct the simultaneous firing of missiles and other weapons over enormous distances at every form of threat. Aegis radar can supposedly spot a basketball at 150 miles and a high-altitude aircraft at more than 1,000 miles. One thing Aegis radar cannot do, however, is reliably distinguish the size...
Ronald Reagan pronounced himself "upset" and said the incident underscored "the need for mandatory testing." In fact, random testing of present | White House employees and pre-employment testing of future Secret Service hires is about to begin. In addition, Nancy Reagan might be well advised to direct some of her "just say no" lectures to her own staff...
...Olmos is no impossible dreamer when it comes to Hollywood's new receptivity to Hispanics, which he regards as a direct result of market forces. "The industry is run on economics," Olmos observes. "It knows only one color: green. There's prejudice, sure. But economics makes it go away...