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Secord returned to Washington in 1978 to head the Air Force's military- assistance and sales program. There he formed a relationship with Edwin Wilson, the CIA operative turned arms merchant now serving 52 years in federal prison for illegally selling arms to Libya. Secord's career stalled in 1982, when he came under investigation by a federal grand jury for allegedly conspiring with Wilson and others to defraud the U.S. Government of $8 million on an Egyptian arms-shipping contract. He was suspended from duty for a short time, although he was never indicted; he was reinstated with...
...like an ape. Art is the saving grace by which any nasty Croesus with more money than he knows what to do with can look virtuous. It confers an oily sheen of spiritual transcendence and cultural responsibility upon individual and corporation alike. That is why even a soft-porn merchant like Bob Guccione, publisher of Penthouse magazine, is now a "major" collector...
After serving in the merchant marine in WorldWar II, Kohlberg helped Jewish refugees flee fromFrance and enter Palestine illegally, Gutmannsaid...
Being a celebrity mayor has its drawbacks. Local Merchant Paul Laub, an unsuccessful candidate against Eastwood last year, has renamed the basement of his store Clintville and sells a dizzying array of Eastwood schlock, including a brief, amateurish video at $19.95 and women's underpants inscribed with a suggestive message. "I've asked him to stop," says Eastwood. "Unfortunately, it's been a gold mine to him." Crows Laub, who says he will embark on a two-month vacation in England after a three-month stay in Hawaii: "Who do you think really won the election...
...this is only the start. After an idyllic interlude, the trio are rescued by a British merchant vessel and taken back to England. Before he can touch soil, Susan's last great love, Crusoe, dies of woe, sighing for his island. In London, Susan finds her way to a tale spinner significantly surnamed Foe -- Defoe's real name -- and persuades him to tell her story. But Foe keeps emphasizing the wrong themes. Susan rebels and then suffers remorse. "I am growing to understand why you wanted Crusoe to have a musket and be besieged by cannibals," she writes...