Word: houre
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...been made, not before, and consists mostly of "receiving reports, documenting files, and attempt ing to locate and interview victims on cases solved." that Are experience detectives shows smart, will slick not and be sexy? Says Greenwood: "Most detectives are suburban commuters who do their the rest of eight-hour us." turn and go home just like
Astride the Gap. The positive mood continued during the Secretary's 24-hour stopover in Peru, whose left-leaning military government espouses what it describes as "revolutionary socialist nationalism." Kissinger conferred for nearly an hour with Military Junta President General Francisco Morales Bermudez, gave a luncheon at the U.S. embassy, and attended a dinner in his honor at the Palacio Torre Tagle in Lima. His basic message: the U.S. does not object to Peru's pro-Third World policies and invites Lima to consult regularly with Washington "to discuss issues of common concern." In Brazil, the Secretary appraised...
...conspirators' one grim success came when they caught Murtala's black Mercedes limousine in a morning rush-hour traffic jam in Lagos. Raking the car with machine-gun fire, the plotters killed Murtala, his chauffeur and an aide. Shortly thereafter, Coup Leader Lieut. Colonel B.S. Dimka and six associates seized the Lagos radio station and announced that they were taking over the government. But there was no support for the action in the army and outlying states, and Dimka soon realized that he was finished. Hands in pockets, he jauntily said, "Excuse me," walked out of the Lagos...
...Left to my own devices, I spent a bemused hour observing the Senate and the House of Representatives. The two chambers have recently been renovated, and the old red hangings and tobacco-stained rugs have been replaced by a delicate grey decor with hints here and there of imperial gilt ... Those few who had come to observe the democratic process seemed mostly to be simple country people who behaved-quite rightly-as if they were at the circus; they chewed tobacco, shelled peanuts, ate popped corn, a newly contrived delicacy with the consistency and, I should think, the flavor...
...support himself with his pen, Vidal decided to try writing for television. The Iron Pyrites age had arrived and with it came a voracious demand for new material. Vidal rapidly mastered the demands of the teleplay form and ultimately commanded fees as high as $5,000 for a one-hour script...