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Boesky's cooperation will probably help investigators nail other insider traders. So will last month's Supreme Court decision that upheld the conviction of R. Foster Winans, a former Wall Street Journal reporter who leaked advance information about his stories to brokers. The court ruled that improper use of inside information amounted to theft of property and that defendants could be tried under the Government's sweeping antifraud laws. The decision, says Giuliani, has "made it easier for prosecutors to bring fraud cases without fear that they will be reversed." Edward Brodsky, a Manhattan- based securities attorney, agrees: "The court...
...Agustin Roman was driven slowly past the center's wire fences. "My brothers, give me your weapons," pleaded the frail Roman Catholic clergyman. "Give me the hostages. No man can ask for freedom while denying it to others." One by one, the detainees placed machetes, pipes, handmade spears and nail-studded sticks in a pile amid the ruins of the administration building. Said a tearful detainee to the bishop: "We knew you wouldn't abandon...
...calico nail brushes or Turkey Cat Snacks galore...
...step that would have forced white residents to move out. An interracial grass-roots campaign was organized to fight the proposed rezoning, and at least for the time being, has succeeded. Says an elated Peter Parkin, a city councilman and head of the Open Woodstock campaign: "The first nail is being driven into the coffin of residential segregation in South Africa...
...staff, arrived at the meeting Thursday and under orders from Reagan retracted some concessions the Administration had made earlier. Baker denied that claim: "Anyone who tries to characterize it as the White House pulling the plug is completely and totally wrong." The Administration contended that the Democrats refused to nail down any particulars...