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...government, a man named lebitchov, made a quick stopover at Cairo International Airport for some brief talks with Shafei Abdul Harnid, a representative of the Egyptian foreign minister. After their conversation, the Russian delivered what he called "an important message" from the Kremlin. The Soviet government, always on the lookout for potential stooges in destabilized regions, is apparently eager to renew its friendship with Egypt after more than a decade of severed relations and often open hostility. If successful, Moscow's latest flirtation, welcomed and encouraged by Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, could have sinister implications for the future stability...
...Post. "Inspectors...then entered the work floor and led the two employees away, charging them with destruction of U.S. Mail." The intrepid Post Office inspectors relied not only on their wits and their knowledge of human nature, but on the most up-to-date technology available. Hidden in a "lookout gallery" high above the floor where the hapless cookie-embezzlers were feasting, the inspectors used binoculars and video cameras to obtain the evidence that would send Ferguson and Wilson up the river...
Luke, I have taught you many things, my boy. Don't tell shaggy Wookie stories, for one thing. Also, always be on the lookout for a hot book property. While you were off chasing Princess Leia, Rusty Miller, 12, a junior high school student in Satellite Beach, Fla., came up with The Jedi Master's Quizbook, a compilation of 425 intergalactic questions that will have Yoda himself scratching his noggin. After seeing Star Wars five times and The Empire Strikes Back six, young Master Rusty spent three months compiling his collection, which his mother typed up. George Lucas...
Bald Mountain Lookout. Located above the timberline atop a 6,000-ft. peak in eastern Oregon, this five-acre site was once an observation point for rangers trying to spot forest fires. It is too small to interest developers, but its remoteness and breathtaking views will charm fugitives from city life. Land in the area is going for $300 to $500 per acre...
...seven-story-high terra cotta pilasters, set against mirror glass and capped by what looks like the metal spout of a sugar box. Above the pilasters, on the front facade, is a five-story-high keystone that is topped off by what Graves calls a baldachino, a sort of lookout. On two sides the building is garnished with masonry garlands. At first these garlands were to be metallic fluttering-in-the-wind affairs, but the city council vetoed them as frills far too inviting for pigeons. Portland Mayor Francis Ivancie, an enthusiastic booster of Graves' design, persuaded the council...