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...kind of Jesuitic legal maneuvering. "We did not have a strategy saying we wanted to go after Gaddafi personally," said Shultz. "We have a general stance that opposes direct efforts of that kind." The implication is that if the attempt was indirect and unofficial, they would be off the hook...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Gaddafi: Wanting It Both Ways | 4/28/1986 | See Source »

...direct hook-ups to Wall Street brokers are "so much a part of day to day operation, it's just like you going to the library and getting books out," Cabot says...

Author: By Laurie M. Grossman, | Title: MANAGING HARVARD'S MONEY | 4/25/1986 | See Source »

...Right Hook...

Author: By Robert F. Cunha jr., WITH WIRE DISPATCHES | Title: Dartmouth's Woes Continue | 3/15/1986 | See Source »

Perhaps inspired by their predecessors of the early '70s, who shreaded paper and erased tapes, White House aides unplugged some of the television crew's hook-ups to the microphone system, which prevented the press from getting Reagan's expletive on tape...

Author: By Laurie M. Grossman, | Title: Not Just Another Sob Story | 3/3/1986 | See Source »

...just threw in a lefty hook and the place went wild--that was a great game...

Author: By Jonathan Putnam, | Title: Harvard's Guard-ian Angels | 2/28/1986 | See Source »

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