Word: ost
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Kohl's sudden turnabout last week touched off a rash of inquiries in West Germany to establish who knew what and when. On Friday government spokesman Friedhelm Ost said the country's intelligence agency had given Bonn in mid- October "serious information" about Imhausen's possible role in the Libyan project. Whether or not Kohl received those details, he was definitely informed about the U.S. case against Imhausen when he visited Washington in mid-November. Says Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Charles Thomas: "When Kohl left here, he was absolutely convinced." A Kohl adviser was not quite as sweeping...
...West German Finance Ministry did not even begin an audit of Imhausen until the U.S. stepped up its pressure on Bonn around Christmas. The delay occurred, says Ost, because "some things have to be pursued in a discreet manner." Discretion, however, quickly gave way to finger pointing. Press reports obviously based on leaks from U.S. officials began appearing on New Year's Day. The next day, through a spokesman, Bonn issued the first of several denials, claiming that "we have no evidence so far that German firms or persons have been involved" in the Libyan project...
...appears in your own book, you know that 70 to 75 percent of the controversies concerning the representation of employees involve no real doubt concerning the bargaining unit and that such cases are almost invariably handled informally through a consent agreement between the union and the employer. "[M]ost of the problems that arise in determining the eligibility of employees to vote are matters of details," you wrote on pages...
...ost nights after work, Chicago Secretary Doreen Dahlstrom, 24, goes to lift weights at the Diamond Gym. And what begins as an off-hours fancy can mature into a career, as proved by Becky Sheehan, 35, of Dayton. "I grew up thinking that to be attractive to men, I should be soft, feminine and caked in cosmetics," she recalls. "But when I was 25, I took up tennis and got hooked. The arm muscles tennis built up looked pretty neat, I thought. So I started weight lifting. Now I teach aerobics and tennis, and I have a new idea...
...Throp edged out North and Quincy to take the co-ed touch crown, and Ron Ost led the Winthrop soccer squad to an undefeated season and the intramued title...