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...officer, Lieut. Colonel Dale Duncan, 39, was indicted on seven counts last week by a federal grand jury in Alexandria, Va. He was charged with submitting vouchers for $56,230 for the purchase of electronic equipment in August 1982, even though an Army intelligence agency had already paid for the same gear. Duncan also allegedly submitted a bill for $8,400, to charter a private aircraft, that had already been almost entirely paid for. The indictment claims as well that Duncan charged the Army $796 for a four-flight airline ticket that he got free through a frequent-flyer program...
Rearden, president of Duncan Peek Inc., an Atlanta insurance brokerage, earns commissions selling policies at soaring premium rates. But when the time came to renew his own professional liability policy, his carrier wanted to jack up his $13,000 premium by 861%, to $125,000; Rearden had to scramble to find another company that would only triple his premium cost. "And that's me, and I'm in the insurance business!" wails Rearden. "That's what I mean when I say this crisis is affecting everybody...
Last week the World Bank agreed to lend Mexico $400 million to repair earthquake damage. But the country still needs an additional $6 billion to meet payments on its now $98 billion debt. De la Madrid recently met with TIME Assistant Managing Editor Richard Duncan and Mexico City Bureau Chief Harry Kelly. During the hour-long interview, De la Madrid, 51, appeared surprisingly optimistic about his country's future. Excerpts...
...frequent accusations in the West--and the Hindawi trial in London--Syria has consistently denied links to international terrorism. President Hafez Assad firmly reiterated that denial in an interview in Damascus with a group of TIME journalists, including Time Inc. Editor in Chief Henry Grunwald, Assistant Managing Editor Richard Duncan, International Editor Karsten Prager and Middle East Bureau Chief Dean Fischer. Assad not only rejected allegations of a Syrian terror connection but as usual accused Israel of terrorist activity and of being responsible for Middle East tensions in general. Though he offered no evidence, Assad broached his own elaborate theory...
...They've never eaten better. They've never been treated better." DAVID DUNCAN, U.S. Republican Congressman, displaying a tray of lemon-baked fish and oven-fried chicken, which he said was reflective of the menu at Guantánamo...