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...issue was Casey's judgment in selecting the brash and arrogant Hugel, 56, for such a sensitive job. It entailed deploying CIA agents around the world, recruiting spies behind the Iron Curtain and giving the go-ahead for all covert operations. Also under study was the CIA's apparent failure to uncover allegations of serious impropriety in Hugel's business practices when the agency ran its customary background check. One main objective of the screening process is to find out if a prospective CIA official could in any way be blackmailed-and "blackmail" was precisely what Hugel...
...Interior Minister Yosef Burg and Education Minister Zevulun Hammer, who felt that the attack would damage relations with the U.S. But Begin prevailed with the support of such Israeli hawks as Agriculture Minister Ariel Sharon and Foreign Minister Yitzhak Shamir. In October 1980, the raid plan was given the go-ahead. Thereafter, Begin took complete personal control of the operation...
...awarding tenure influences its ability to grant it--and the likelihood of doing so. Unlike most universities. Harvard tenures faculty after an claborate process--which one professor calls "checks and balances"--that begins with departmental nominations, continues with approval by an ad hoc committee and concludes with a final go-ahead from President Bok. Deeply embedded in each stage is the notion that Harvard must maintain its high academic standards with every appointment. Research and professional esteem thus come to play a decisive factor in the selection process--particularly, faculty say, at the stage where outside experts are requested...
Finn, who picked up the go-ahead goal in the Crimson's 10-9 win over Ursinus last week, spread most of the icing from there as she notched five goals and dealt four assists to lead the scoring. She and Den Hartog made a potent duo, as the combination clicked four times during the game...
Next, number two ranked Ursinus lost for the first time ever to Harvard when Maureen Finn got the go-ahead goal with two and a half minutes left on an assist by Anne MacMillan to make the final score...