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...intrigue began when Tannoury, 37, a Paris-based entrepreneur, told Saudi Sheik Mezan Pharaon that Gaddafi had offered $1 billion to anyone who could supply certain "strategic materials," presumably parts for an atomic reactor. Tannoury said he could obtain the materials through Venezuelan associates, but that he first needed to come up with a $33 million down payment. For approximately $14 million in cash, Tannoury said, Pharaon could share in the profits of the operation. A short while later, the sheik gave Tannoury the $14 million...
PIRGs work on issues such as environmental protection and opposing nuclear power. At some colleges, students either elect to pay PIRG fees or are required to pay but may obtain refunds. Harvard has no relationship with PIRGs...
Educators fighting the uncapping provisions seem likely to obtain some sort of 10 to 15 year exemption from the law if, as expected, it passes. But lawmakers would be wise to go further and make this temporary exemption permanent. Tenure, unlike almost any other form of job security, is a bargain, a bargain that goes to the essence of the university. Professors get unparalleled security and independence, becoming, as Dean of the Faculty Henry Rosovsky said, "shareholders" in an institution with history and long-term health. It is only fair that they allow the same opportunity to open for young...
...judicial process; second, the law focuses only on poor students who must apply for financial aid; and third, the law violates the constitutional guarantee of freedom against self-in-crimination because students are required to produce an acknowledgement letter from the Selective service verifying that they have registered, to obtain financial...
...pursuers turned out to be FBI agents who had learned that an Italian Mafia associate living illegally in New York was trying to obtain a false passport to return to Italy. Within hours, FBI agents were grilling both the Fat Man and Campione, demanding to know why the Italians were helping a fugitive Mafioso like Lombino. A panicky Campione called Sportelli in Rome to find out if he should tell the FBI the truth. The SISMI foreign-intelligence boss immediately called "M," the CIA agent in Rome who was serving as the agency's liaison in the Dozier case...