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Stymied intelligence agents turned to the underworld for help. Lansky, known in the '30s for breaking heads at pro-Nazi meetings, acted as liaison and was allowed to visit Luciano. Lucky put the word out to cooperate, and formerly mute dockworkers, fishermen and hoodlums became the eyes and ears of naval intelligence. Soon eight German spies, who had landed by U-boat, were arrested, and explosives, maps and blueprints for sabotage were seized...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LUCKY LUCIANO: Criminal Mastermind | 12/7/1998 | See Source »

...main goal is to get the U.C. more in touch with the student body and to use the U.C. as a liaison between different student groups," he said. "We don't really have an overly political viewpoint," said Blake, who was co-chair of the CLC last year and who has been a delegation chair from Eliot House for two years...

Author: By Rachel P. Kovner, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Race for Next Undergraduate Council President Begins | 11/23/1998 | See Source »

...this sounds like a pretty limited vision for the council, that's exactly the point. Aside from its discretionary power over everyone else's funding, the council stands on the same level as any other student group. Its best hope for legitimacy is to act as a successful liaison between universal undergraduate interests and the administration...

Author: By Noah Oppenheim, | Title: Going for the Glory of the Holworthy Basement | 11/20/1998 | See Source »

Kathleen Dias, the patient advocate isdesignated as a liaison between students and UHSdoctors and administrators...

Author: By Jennifer M. Siegel, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Students Critique Quality of Care at UHS, Cite Misdiagnoses | 11/9/1998 | See Source »

...impeachment is too severe a penalty for Clinton and censure too mild, why not consider flogging, Singapore-style? Perhaps one lash for each liaison with Lewinsky might be appropriate. Hillary could administer the punishment, and if it were on pay-per-view TV, enough revenue could be generated to reimburse the long-suffering taxpayer for the cost of the Starr investigation. STANLEY SAPERSTEIN Encino, Calif...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Oct. 19, 1998 | 10/19/1998 | See Source »

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