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Bell offered the outgoing prosecutor a three-month extension, but Marston declined. Said he: "I've been crippled by the events of the past few weeks. I don't want to be a lame duck...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Again, the FBI Gets Its Man | 1/30/1978 | See Source »

...house of Lanvin whipped up a gold lame coronation gown, highlighted by 935,000 sequins and gold pieces, for Empress Catherine. Cost...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CENTRAL AFRICA: Mounting a Golden Throne | 12/19/1977 | See Source »

...Remember me. I'm the guy who used to write about football and other related happenings on this very same page. Of course, that was three weeks ago, before I became a lame duck. Quack, quack, quack. Today, well, today I have a tale I thought you might be interested in hearing...

Author: By Michael K. Savit, | Title: You Don't Say | 12/6/1977 | See Source »

...forth and so on, but that was a year ago, and we all know how quickly things change. Three weeks ago, for instance, I wasn't a lame duck. After this column appears, I may be a dead duck...

Author: By Michael K. Savit, | Title: You Don't Say | 12/6/1977 | See Source »

...this point, the FBI field office in Boston turned the case over to bureau headquarters in Washington. James Adams, assistant to lame-duck Director Clarence Kelley, was responsible for the decision to recruit Lusis as an agent or, if it turned out he was already working for the KGB, to "turn" him, through blackmail, into a double agent. Routinely, the agency notified the State Department of its plans...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: The Honorable Schoolboy | 11/14/1977 | See Source »

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