Word: doored
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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What purpose would going public serve? The spate of stories provided an alert to New York precinct commanders to keep an eye on where Galante lives (an old, unprepossessing apartment house in Greenwich Village); where he eats (facing the door at a small restaurant near the Fulton Fish Market); where he "works" (a dry-cleaning business he supposedly owns in Little Italy); where he plays (his mistress's flat in Manhattan's Murray Hill section). Already this close surveillance has forced Galante to make one change: his 21-year-old daughter Nina used to cart him everywhere...
...what worries Ugandans more than economic chaos is the post-midnight knock on the door or the tap on the shoulder in broad daylight. It can come from any of three organizations, and it is hard to say which one is the worst...
...Entebbe airport, near Kampala. A couple of dozen Americans who work for Uganda Airlines either were enjoying an afternoon nap on a hot and humid day, or were out on the golf course. Two of them-Bob Coder, from Florida, and his wife Virginia-strolled out the front door of the Lake Victoria Hotel and there, to their surprise, was President Field Marshal Dr. Idi Amin Dada. Two British newspaper colleagues were with the President, who was plainly keen to show both us and President Jimmy Carter that Americans living in Uganda are in no danger...
...Volner, 33, has accepted a post as General Counsel of the Army, in charge of thousands of Army lawyers around the world. "It's a rare challenge. It's having an impact on things that matter," said Jill. She may also have her foot in the right door. Her predecessors in the job: Secretary of State Cyrus Vance, Secretary of HEW Joseph Califano and Strategic Arms Negotiator Nominee Paul Warnke...
...ailment, he needs a cane to get around. His eyesight is so poor that when he plays golf, he has to have his aides tell him how far it is to the green. But during "the Meany show," the midday press conference that follows each closed-door, morning meeting, the AFL-CIO chiefs humor is as quick and salty as ever...