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When Texas state inspectors set up checkpoints last week along two major highways leading into the state, they were not worried about escaped convicts or gunrunners. They were on the lookout for fugitives from Florida: oranges, grapefruit and other citrus. The roadblocks were the latest development in a tart tussle among citrus-growing states that began earlier this month, when the U.S. Department of Agriculture lifted a ban on shipments of the fresh Florida fruit to Arizona, California and Texas, among other citrus-producing areas...
President Reagan's decision to conduct an inquiry into the FBI's conduct shows there was no tangible purpose or justification for the extensive surveillance. Paranoia about communism, not national security, seems to be the motive behind the FBI's actions. Just last September, the FBI asked libraries to lookout for "diplomats of countries hostile to the U.S., particularly the Soviet Union." Fortunately, most librarians found the request to be a ludicrous and flagrant violation of the right to privacy and flatly refused to cooperate. As the director of the New York Library Association asked, "Does anyone with an accent...
Katsias will get help this year from senior sweeper Leelee Groome, who possesses the longest ground ball in the league and is famous for her aggressive game. Lookout for Leelee...
Such scenes are taking place all over America today, as other foreign scouting parties comb the highways and byways on the lookout for profitable finds. The searchers are Japanese and British, Canadian and South Korean, West German and Swiss, and all of them have one thought in mind: Buy! Buy! Buy! They are in search not only of factories but also of skyscrapers, shopping malls, farms and forest land, ski resorts and vineyards, refineries and mineral deposits. They have already bought some of the biggest and best-known corporations in the U.S., and their appetite appears to be gargantuan...
...until then, 20-homer hitters will have to be on the lookout for frustrated pitchers--and those in the bleacher seats won't have to strain to look in the dugouts and see who's on the bench...