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...have been convicted in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and Michigan. But the New York case is by far the most serious, for some of the nation's finest and most famous riders have been named in court testimony. Jockey José Amy, 26 -like Feliciano an admitted fixer who struck a deal with prosecutors in exchange for testifying-claimed that eleven jockeys knew of the schemes, including three riders who were in the Preakness last weekend. The trio: Jacinto Vasquez, jockey of the Kentucky Derby-winning filly Genuine Risk; Angel Cordero Jr., a two-time Derby winner who rode...
...militants seized the U.S. embassy, a number of back-channel messages have flowed between the Iranian and U.S. governments. Most often the messengers have been Swiss diplomats. But last week a flood of light on the back channels disclosed the activities of a collection of surprising messengers: an Argentine fixer, a leftist French lawyer, and White House Chief of Staff Hamilton Jordan. Disguised as a middle-aged man, with a gray wig, mustache and tinted glasses, the 35-year-old Jordan has traveled several times to Europe for clandestine meetings with go-betweens...
...Beirut, majoring in engineering, and by the late 1960s had joined the inner circle of Arafat's al-Fatah organization. Besides his activities in behalf of Black September, he was in charge of Fatah's overall security; in recent years he was also known as a skilled fixer with contacts ranging from European radical groups to Western embassies. To Arafat he was an "adopted son." The P.L.O. leader was one of the pallbearers at Hassan's funeral in Beirut, which was attended by 50,000 Palestinians. "Stand proud," shouted a grieving Arafat. "We bury a martyr...
...Harvard 38-13 Brown 30-20 Cornell 27-14 Yale 23-6 18-18 (.500) Bill Scheft Harvard 28-7 Brown 35-33 Cornell 5-4 Yale 31-14 12-24 (.333) Pat Sorrento Harvard 27-17 Brown 17-10 Cornell 20-13 Yale 30-10 Guest Selector The Fixer...
Film--"The Fixer," based on the Malamud novel. McAfee Hall...