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News of the purchase renewed Italian ire at the loss of yet another art masterpiece to the U.S. Sergio Matteini Chiari, a magistrate in Gubbio, filed a charge of clandestine export of an artwork against "unknown persons." Until he can fill in the names, however, the action has little force. Higher Italian officials are considering more effective moves, including complaints to Washington...
While merchants are stepping up their precautions against dishonest customers, one of their biggest concerns is the rate at which their own employees are doing the lifting. The Commerce Department asserts that at least half of inventory loss is due to theft by employees. As a result, more and more companies are making job applicants take lie detector tests or written "honesty tests." A sample question: "Do you think a person should be fired if he cheats a company out of money several times each month on his expense account?" One Chicago firm of polygraph examiners, John E. Reid...
Such security efforts notwithstanding, store owners know the Christmas rush will include a high quotient of thieves. Gerald Lauritzen, director of Southern California's Stores Protective Association, notes that 35% to 40% of the year's total loss from shoplifting occurs in the final quarter-the direct result, he says, of "increased traffic during the holidays...
This team is much more talented than it appeared Saturday night. With a little luck, a loss like this one can be used as a spur to bring out the extra hustle needed to win. The next game is Monday night at Fitchburg State...
Harvard has no reason to feel that it was outplayed. That fact showed up best at the end of the game when Coach Billy Cleary shook each and every Crimson hand, a very untraditional gesture after a tough loss. The confidence is there, the wins will come. And so will the Beanpot, two months from...