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...well-tanned neck. He is the 65-year- old treasure hunter whose 20-year search for sunken bullion finally paid off three years ago, when he discovered the main cargo of the Nuestra Seora de Atocha, a booty-laden Spanish galleon that foundered in stormy seas off Florida's Key West in 1622. Last week Fisher watched as more than 400 of the hundreds of thousands of artifacts his divers recovered from the Atocha and other wrecks were auctioned off at Christie's. The $2.9 million raised will go to various investors in Fisher's venture who put the articles...
...sources said that two key figures in the investigation, Victor Cohen, deputy assistant secretary of the Air Force for tactical systems, and James Gaines, a deputy assistant secretary of the Navy, appear on some of the videotapes. However, the sources declined to say whether alleged bribes turned up on the recordings of those two Pentagon officials...
Meanwhile, Defense News reported in its June 27 editions that Paisley, when he was the Navy's procurement chief under Navy Secretary John Lehman, initiated a change that effectively eliminated all but one company from a key procurement program...
Cracks in Tehran's confidence became visible late last February, after the Iranians revived the so-called war of the cities by firing two missiles into Baghdad, the capital, and Basra, the key port city in the south. The Iraqis reacted in kind. Rockets fell on Tehran, on the holy city of Qum and other Iranian towns, and sent civilians fleeing. Between Feb. 29 and April 19, when the missile war was halted, Iraq fired 160 Soviet-made Scud-B missiles, which had been modified to increase their range beyond the normal 175 miles. The bombs killed and wounded hundreds...
...key to preventing tragedies lies in the education of both the public and health-care professionals. Mothers who have experienced postpartum distress have started support groups; Depression after Delivery, based in Yardley, Pa., has 14 chapters around the country. Families that have suffered the most devastating loss are trying to contribute too. Thompson's husband Jeff is lobbying California legislators for a bill that will enable women accused of infanticide to remain in custody at a hospital. The couple has found the courage to go on and lead a normal life: in May 1987, four years after killing her baby...