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...Force went into production while the aircraft was still undergoing major design modifications. Even before the first bombers became operational last fall at Dyess Air Force Base in Texas, there were portents of trouble. The plane's fuel tanks, built directly into the wings without rubber bladders, leak jet fuel. Early flight tests revealed problems caused by loading cruise missile launchers and antiradiation pods onto the original airframe design. In gaining an extra 41 tons -- nearly a 25% increase -- without additional wing surface, the B-1B had acquired an extraordinary "wing loading" of 245 lbs. per sq. ft., twice...
...details continue to leak out about the way the insider-trading ring was discovered, starting with the exposure of Levine. The investment banker's covert role began to surface as far back as May 1985, when an anonymous letter from Caracas to the giant Merrill Lynch investment house alleged trading irregularities on the part of two of the company's employees in Venezuela, both of whom have since left the firm. In tracking down the accusation, Merrill Lynch authorities discovered that their employees' actions mirrored trades ordered through an account at the Bahamas branch of Switzerland's Bank Leu International...
...arbitragers can form what he calls an "unholy alliance." In a typical maneuver, they might have a mutual commitment to buy up stock in a company, limiting their blocks to less than 5% to avoid the SEC's required disclosure rule. Then one member of the ring can leak the rumor of an impending takeover. When legitimate arbitragers leap into the fray, the group can unload at an inflated stock price and make off with enormous profits. Says Bergstein: "Both the raider and the arbitrager have an incentive to tell the other side what they are doing...
...will leak this news to you," Allison told the crowd of nearly 400 people...
...MARCH 1983 speech, the President suggested that strategic defense might provide an exit from the dilemmas of nuclear deterrence. The goal of SDI was to make nuclear weapons "impotent and obsolete." But to escape from deterrence requires a leak-proof defense not only against ballistic missiles, but also against bombers, cruise missiles and weapons smuggled into our cities. Such a perfect defense seems unlikely...