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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Israel after it became independent in 1956. For example, Morocco arranged, through the French, to have Mossad train its own fledgling secret service. Mossad's chief Moroccan contact was Oufkir. At one point after the Moroccans had decided to get rid of Ben Barka, Oufkir asked Mossad to obtain some poison for him. The agency declined, but later agreed to help tail Ben Barka, who was then living in Geneva...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ESPIONAGE: The Murder of Mehdi Ben Barka | 12/29/1975 | See Source »

...been disguised because both Air Canada's charter and international airline rules forbid the airline to invest in travel agencies; that could give it preferential treatment in ticketing passengers. Menard also was found to have given special "expense accounts" to Lebanese officials in an unsuccessful attempt to obtain landing rights for Air Canada in Beirut...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SCANDALS: Canadian Kickbacks | 12/15/1975 | See Source »

...interviews, and research into the Hiss case is now a major part of his life. He says he is "almost--not quite" positive that Hiss was innocent of the charges of espionage and perjury for which he was convicted, and the law student filed a suit last year to obtain FBI files related to the case...

Author: By Gay Seidman, | Title: Out of Irons, Into the Dock | 12/12/1975 | See Source »

...bills before Congress would forbid students to declare bankruptcy shortly after graduation simply because their student loans exceed their assets. The Nunn subcommittee is expected to recommend prohibiting many schools from making Government-guaranteed student loans, and making it a federal crime for a school to falsify data to obtain grants and loans, or to divert such funds for personal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Student-Loan Mess | 12/8/1975 | See Source »

Elliot Forbes '40, chairman of the Music Department, said yesterday, "I rejoice in this increased interest in making music," and that the petition was "music to my ears." He has been fighting for years, he said, to obtain funds for pianos and rehearsal facilities from the administration...

Author: By James Gleick, | Title: Dissonance In the Department | 12/6/1975 | See Source »

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