Word: feds
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...parents and against the state. 'They' say they rebuilt society and ask us how 'we' can dare to destroy what they built. There is a wall between us." Then he breaks into French, as if the next idea cannot be expressed in German. "Youth is fed up. They want to live a little now, to relax and have...
Heedless of Zeus, Prometheus gave the secret of fire to mortals, and was punished by being bound to a cliff in the wastes of Scythia. There an eagle fed on his liver, which, once consumed, grew back, only to be devoured again. A harsh response, considering that Prometheus only sought to give man a little mastery over nature. But Zeus was notorious for overreacting. Who knows what punishment he would have devised for the modern enlightened nations that, in the interest of mastery over nature, have handed out nuclear power with such deliberate generosity these past few years...
...wrangling among investigators "makes us look like Keystone Kops," says a senior FBI agent, "the problem is not with the Atlanta police; the problem is we've got a local prosecutor who is balking at prosecution." The feds are so fed up with Fulton County District Attorney Lewis Slaton's reluctance to charge Williams, TIME Correspondent Evan Thomas has learned, that the U.S. Attorney's office may seek a special prosecutor in the case. "Someone with more courage," as one G-man puts it. Slaton might be more courageous if he felt the evidence were stronger...
...went to the polls four times in two months and chose a Socialist President and parliament because that was what they really wanted. "The people did not vote socialist because they are enthusiastic about nationalizations or Mitterrand's economic program," insists Lancelot. "They voted for Mitterrand because they were fed up with people who acted as if they owned the government...
...with a neatly trimmed beard. His photographs rest on the sidewalk, propped against an available building. They do their own selling; Forss merely watches while passers-by stop to look. They see remarkable things: a velvety image of a contemplative black child, a serene study of a well-fed cat and an undernourished house plant. The much photographed Verrazano Bridge can be found in Forss's display, but this time with a small starburst of sunlight piercing one of its uprights. And, yes, there is a winter scene in Central Park, rendered as a child with a very experienced...