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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...found that the agency was "inept" in probing the activities of staffer Ronald Saranow of Los Angeles. Saranow is suspected of using his influence as one of the most powerful officers of the IRS Criminal Investigation Division to encourage two tax probes against foes of Los Angeles-based jeansmaker Guess, Inc., for whom Saranow planned to work after his retirement in 1987. Saranow has denied any wrongdoing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fear And Cover-Ups in the IRS | 8/7/1989 | See Source »

...admitted that an agent "discarded" many internal documents concerning an IRS raid in 1986 that Saranow initiated against Guess's nemesis, Jordache Enterprises. The Justice Department is investigating the incident...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fear And Cover-Ups in the IRS | 8/7/1989 | See Source »

...contrast, Triton, which is about the size of earth's moon, orbits in the opposite direction. That has led astronomers to guess that Triton might be a large asteroid that was captured by Neptune's gravity. Such an intrusion should have disrupted the paths of any existing moons. This would explain tiny Nereid's highly elongated and tilted orbit. But 1989-N1 is just "sitting there," says Voyager project scientist Torrence Johnson, of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Johnson expects that the probe will discover more moons, shedding light on Triton's origins. "All of the outer planets have lots...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Space: Next And Final Stop: Neptune | 8/7/1989 | See Source »

...have to guess about his destination after the election. With Midland suffering hard times, his connection with Harken offered a Dallas base from which to look for a new business and think about politics. But around Thanksgiving he learned from a former partner that a group attempting to buy the Rangers probably would fail to get American League approval. Always fascinated by baseball, Bush hesitated not a moment. Well before opening day in April, he had assembled a syndicate of investors far wealthier than...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Junior Is His Own Bush Now: GEORGE W. BUSH | 7/31/1989 | See Source »

...garner some $600,000 in HUD-related consulting fees. In an appearance last month before a House subcommittee, Bush recanted earlier sworn testimony in which he claimed that he barely knew the former HUD officials suspected of handing out federal housing contracts to well-connected Republicans. "I would guess it might be a while before he goes to Luxembourg," says Senate G.O.P. leader Robert Dole. "And then it might be just as a visitor." It may be that other Bush appointees will have to do their traveling as regular tourists...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Picking Lemons for the Plums? | 7/31/1989 | See Source »

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