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British officials investigating the obituary now believe it may have been a coded message to East German spies operating in Britain to go for deep cover. The day before the item appeared, Scotland Yard arrested two East Germans, Reinhard Schulze, 32, an interior designer, and his wife Sonja, 35, a translator, and charged them with various offenses under Britain's Official Secrets...
...Girl Scout to practice knots. Your rope or mine?" NR's personals are notably chaste, but so are those in most other magazines. The emphasis is on "traditional values," on "long-term relationships" and "nest building." The sexual revolution has cooled down to a domestic room temperature. The raciest item might call for a woman with "Dolly Parton-like figure." One ad in Los Angeles stated: "Branflake patent holder tired of money and what it can buy seeks intellectual stimulation from big-bosomed brunette. Photo please." The Village Voice not long ago rejected the language of a man who wanted...
...would seem to be a thriving company. Its popular products, including Robitussin cough syrup, Chap Stick lip balm and Sergeant's flea and tick collars, last year generated record sales of $632 million. But the 119-year-old pharmaceutical firm is now facing financial ruin because of a $3 item it has not sold in a decade: the Dalkon Shield intrauterine birth control device. Deluged by more than 12,000 lawsuits charging that the Dalkon Shield was responsible for countless serious illnesses and at least 20 deaths among the women who used it, Robins last week filed for protection under...
...Congressmen say "yes" to the tune of $900-some billion, and now we need someone to say "no." Senators should follow the lead of Edward M. Kennedy '54. They should outvote their temporarily victorious filibustering colleagues and allow a presidential line-item veto...
...majority of the nation's governors, and municipal leaders here and all over the world, exercise the right to veto budgets line by line. But this is no available for the leader of the single largest economic entity in the world. The line-item veto has not given other leaders powers disproportionate to their position, but has contributed to maintaining sound economic principles at the state and city levels. If this country calls for a balanced budget and deficit reduction to bolster the economy and maintain should fiscal policy, the line-item veto would be the only way to enforce...