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...Well, it verifies the judgment that I advanced a year ago that this was a corrupt administration, but there is other supporting evidence for that: the ITT fix, the milk sell-out, the wheat deal, the misuse of campaign funds, the violation of campaign contribution laws, the secret and unauthorized bombing and the denial of it--public denial of it. Those things all add to the corruption charge that go beyond what is sometimes called the Watergate sequence...
...station wagon drove up to a military police checkpoint. Vast clouds of dust, churned up by tank trailers, had all but obscured the "U.N." that had been painted on the once white vehicle. An Irish officer in a powder-blue beret shook his head. "How can we fix the lines as they were on Oct. 22 [the day of the first Security Council truce]? None of us were here then. We don't know where the parties were, and you can't believe either side. Our business now is to try to keep it from starting up again...
...Israelis also had available a small number of American-made Mavericks, one of the "smart" bombs first used in Viet Nam. Carried aboard a fighter-bomber, it has a small TV lens and computer in its nose. The pilot can fix the target (usually a tank) in his sights, and lock onto it. The Maverick will then hit the target even if the at tacking plane takes evasive maneuvers or leaves the area. About 200 more Mavericks are being shipped to the Israelis in the current U.S. airlift...
...monthly "agendas," which may include filling out math work sheets based on grocery ads in the local newspapers, or conducting a tough cross-examination of Mount Grab's vice-mayor on local government. "I'd rather have my class go to see a city council meeting or fix the city's fire hydrants than sit in school all day," says Lodwick. "They're not going to use algebra and Latin, but they might want to run for council or be a fireman some...
Drafted by Washington Democratic Senator Henry M. Jackson, chairman of the powerful Interior Committee, and passed in the Senate by a 64-21 vote last June, the National Land Use Policy and Planning Assistance Act does not fix policy at all. Instead, it provides $1.1 billion over eight years to help states devise a process of planning and "methods of implementation" for their plans. The states would have to pay special attention to: 1) areas of critical environmental concern, notably shore lines, floodplains, wildlife habitats; 2) areas affected by key facilities that induce growth, notably highways, airports, power plants...