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...lights won't wink out without a fight. Homeowners view brightly lighted streets as a crime deterrent and tend to feel more secure when their property shines like a Hollywood stage set. And business owners who pump a lot of money into outdoor signage insist that increased wattage is frequently all that sets them apart from the competition...
Both sides insist that any rivalry is merely professional. Vogue is the prestige fashion title for its publisher, Conde Nast, while Bazaar holds the same distinction for its parent company, Hearst. Indeed, from all reports, the women worked well together at Vogue, with Betts' skill as a writer complementing Wintour's impeccable eye. And with the exception of a newspaper article in which Betts, who gave birth to her first child only days after accepting the Bazaar post, expressed disappointment that Wintour had not sent her a baby gift, both women have behaved with determined gentility. Wintour praised Betts...
...defenders cite the session as a prime example of FBI intimidation tactics aimed at forcing a confession out of Lee because agents were desperate to "solve" the nuclear-secrets theft case. Government sources insist it is common--and legal--for agents to bluff while trying to shake a subject's story...
...know whether the Fire Marshal will insist that a wide fire-engine access lane be cut through the garden. He also may require fire exits leading directly into the garden, since the existing drawings now show that the only egress is through tunnels to the main building. These questions cannot be answered until construction drawings are completed...
...graduated from Leningrad State University with a law degree in 1975. On graduation he was quickly recruited into the KGB, which he served first in Moscow and then in East Germany. The acting President's spy life remains as much a mystery as the rest of his biography. Friends insist he was involved in "economic intelligence," designed to help the Soviet Union's badly antiquated industrial sector. After Yeltsin's resignation, however, former Prime Minister Stepashin told a television interviewer that inside the KGB Putin was known as "Stasi," possibly implying a link to the East German secret service...