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...North told Congress last June, under oath, that he barely knew Owen. In fact, as Owen's testimony to the congressional Iran-contra investigators establishes, the two had been working together closely for two years. At the end of his testimony, Owen read a paean canonizing his mentor. Sample line: ". . . at crude altars in the jungle, candles burn...
...greed of gain." Dean Bowman, 76, and Wife Fate, 75, would agree. They paid $82,000 in 1984 to live in a two-bedroom home in Mount San Antonio Gardens. Says Dean: "There's no question in my mind that we made the right decision. We took an oath early in our marriage that we'd never be a burden to our daughter. Now she knows we're taken care...
Students complained that the Disciplinary Committee did not fully investigate the case, and that the members of the eating club who testified did not have to give an oath of honesty before speaking. Students also asked that a separate committee be formed to evaluate sexual harassment cases. STANFORD...
...stress that they are vigorously cracking down on financial chicanery. It was they and not Labor, the Tories point out, who outlawed insider trading in 1980. Moreover, because of the comprehensive financial- services law passed last November by the Conservative-led Parliament, judges can now jail those who, under oath, refuse to answer questions that involve insider trading. "Ours is the party of law-and-order," asserted Chancellor of the Exchequer Nigel Lawson in the House of Commons. "The government is determined to prevent, detect and punish wrongdoing wherever it may occur." His speech was greeted by hoots and guffaws...
Lying to the American public is not a crime. attempting to cover up an illegal act or lying to Congress under oath is. but even if Casey's testimony turns out to have been intentionally misleading, it is unlikely that he would be prosecuted. From a political standpoint, any evidence of White House attempts to cover up what happened could be the most damaging revelation...