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...reorganization plan under which all of its work relating to the Soviet Union would be consolidated in a single and probably dominant directorate. At present, responsibility for Soviet affairs is parceled out to directorates that deal with intelligence gathering, analysis and covert operations. The reorganization was first pushed by Max Hugel, the man whom Casey chose to head clandestine operations-a wheeler-dealer from New Hampshire who was widely viewed inside the CIA as a political amateur and incompetent spymaster...
...issue is Casey's poor judgment in appointing a political crony, Max Hugel, to head the CIA'S clandestine operations. A New Hampshire entrepreneur with no relevant background in intelligence work, Hugel quit under fire two weeks ago when two former Business associates accused him of illegal stock manipulations before he joined the agency. The committee is also probing Casey's own business past, including findings by two courts that he and other directors of Multiponics, a New Orleans agribusiness firm, had deceived investors and operated the company to protect their own financial interests instead of those...
Israel's Ambassador to Washington, Ephraim Evron, managed to quiet the fears of most of the 34 Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations to whom he talked in New York City at midweek, but many prominent American Jews remained troubled. California Industrialist Max Palevsky called the Beirut raid "appalling,", and added, "Begin's terrorism is as bad as that of the P.L.O. We just can't tolerate that kind of behavior from anybody." Said Meyer Berger, a Pittsburgh businessman and a member of the national board of the American Jewish Committee: "Never has the anti-Begin sentiment...
Which is not to imply that all of Victory's simple but highly effective values are to be found in its last half-hour. The funny, smart script does what sports pages do before any big game: provide brisk sketches of the leading participants. Max von Sydow is the German officer who conceives the contest -a gentleman anti-Nazi who thinks nations should settle their disputes in games. Michael Caine, player-coach of the Allied team, is working class and quite bedeviled by the Oxbridge types who run the escape committee and deplore people who play boys' games...
Since it takes between four and six years for newly planted jojoba to bear seeds in large quantities, no commercially cultivated jojoba oil has yet reached the market. But businessmen are already harvesting and processing the wild bean, and demand is strong. Chief buyers are cosmetics manufacturers, including Max Factor, Estee Lauder and Shiseido, a large Japanese firm. They are using jojoba oil as an ingredient in premium shampoos, moisturizers, sunscreens and conditioners...