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...proofreader. Brit and Harry also read proof, but they read it with considerable argument. This went on until 11 or 12, or maybe it was 1. Anyway, we would leave some girls reading proof and go out to get the early-morning editions of the newspapers and thus intercept the very last-minute news. I can remember Harry bursting through the night traffic on Broadway to seize several copies of the New York Times hot off the delivery wagon. We would gather as many papers as possible and retire to a quick-lunch counter to read them. Harry always gave...
...need to shut teams down," Caples said. "We need to step up and intercept. We need good transition with possession. We can't have good transition and lose the ball...
...party action on the committee news and at one point discussing language for the statement to be put out by the leadership. Stung by Democrats crying foul, the GOP struck back by pointing out that it was illegal to release the tape. "U.S.C. 119, Section 2511, prohibits the interception and disclosure of wire, oral or electronic communications. In other words, an unauthorized third party recording of a telephonic conversation is a violation of federal law," Republican Whip Tom DeLay wrote in a memo to Reno. "I urge you to pursue this matter with vigilance and due haste." The Justice Department...
...perfect; this time a computer on the ground was to blame, failing with just over a minute remaining in the countdown. A backup computer also would not work, leading officials to suspect a software problem. NASA scientists say they must launch the $196M Pathfinder in December in order to intercept Mars' orbit or wait two years for another chance. "We're a museum piece if we don't launch by the 31st," said Curtis Cleven, launch operations manager. If successful, the craft will be the first-ever inter-planetary rover, slated to land on July 4, 1997. Several hours after...
...months later, partly with that figure as ammunition, Administration moderates staged a policy coup. Under Secretary of State Peter Tarnoff began secretly talking to Ricardo Alarcon, president of Cuba's legislature. The Guantanamo refugees would be sent to Florida. To stanch any new exodus, U.S. Coast Guard boats would intercept future rafters at sea and return them to Cuba on condition that the regime not punish them...