Word: gow
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Brothers have big mouths. After a couple of coy attempts by Elle Macpherson to evade questions on whether she's pregnant, her brother Brendan Gow told the Australian Associated Press that she was, and their father confirmed it. And what kind of fellow was man enough to sire a child with the Body? A wealthy European financier, natch: Arpad ("Arkie") Busson, her boyfriend of 18 months...
...progress--or lack of it--in the cleanup efforts is also in sharp dispute. Some initial skeptics took heart from the high caliber of FBI agents hired by the union: Robert Luskin, a former federal organized-crime prosecutor; Douglas Gow, formerly the No. 2 man at the FBI; and a fleet of seasoned former agents. They insist they are totally independent of Coia. Critics point out that they are paid by the union, which Coia still heads...
...government's contention that the union really is being cleansed got a boost Friday when Luskin and Gow moved to expel 28 suspected mobsters and associates from Local 210 in Buffalo, New York, and bar them from ever resuming membership. Under the Justice-Laborers deal, the expulsions can be contested before a union legal officer, and then another official can be designated to hear appeals. If the expulsions hold up, however, they will accomplish something that has eluded the government for three decades: breaking Mob control of Local...
...Coia has agreed to a rank-and-file vote in September. "It's a stunning achievement in this short period of time," says Coffey. "It took years to accomplish this in the Teamsters." Moreover, Coia himself is very much a target of the investigation his union bankrolls. Says Gow: "I've spent more man-hours on him than on any other entity." Time has also learned that a grand jury is interviewing witnesses about Coia and that the FBI has set up a task force to re-examine allegations against...
...Gow challenged the Democrats to justify the stands taken on those issues by presidential candidates Arkansas Gov. Bill Clinton and former Massachusetts Sen. Paul E. Tsongas, asking, "Where do you stand, Democrats...