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...apparently cooperating with investigators, unlike his brother and nephew, who have pleaded not guilty. Evidence in the hearing strongly suggested that money was the Walkers' motive. Documents indicated that after the 1979 failure of a car-radio shop, Arthur and John Walker faced a $28,807 lien for unpaid taxes. FBI agents testified that John Walker then urged his brother to get a job "where he would have access to classified information." Arthur landed a position (and a top security clearance) with the VSE Corp., a defense contractor in Chesapeake, Va. He has admitted to the FBI that John Walker...
...final club does not pay the total sum by February 21, a lien will be placed on its 9 Linden Street property, said - Phillip Cyr, a spokesman for the Cambridge Treasurer's office...
...economy's boisterous recovery has put shoppers in the mood to buy the best and the brightest, from $600 home computers to $300 cashmere bathrobes. At Manhattan's Bonwit Teller, customers have already taken home 2,300 pairs of mink earmuffs at $85 each. According to Lien Dang, a Neiman-Marcus sales clerk in Houston, consumers want "something wild, something different, something out of this world...
THROUGH THE WORK OF an American refugee resettlement organization, Lien and her brothers were brought to the United States a year and a half ago. Now ages 18, 19, and 25, they live under church sponsorship in a small clapboard house in a New England sea town. There are bicycles on the porch, a struggling tomato plant in the yard, bright white T-shirts on the clothesline, and a fully stocked refrigerator in the kitchen. During the summer months they bicycle everyday past candy and clothing stores to their coffee shop jobs. During the rest of the year the boys...
Despite appearances, however, the three have not resumed their former lifestyles. With their backgrounds, it should be easy for them to fall into the American rhythm--Lien's idea of fun remains unchanged: "Four, five friends, go to movies." But she and her brothers must contend with the isolation imposed by their past trials and their flawed English. On top of it all, Ty and Van endure daily harassment and ridicule from their schoolmates...