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...weapon brandished by Giuliani and other federal prosecutors is a 1970 law dubbed RICO, since it is aimed at "racketeer-influenced and corrupt organizations." Under the statute, the leaders of any organization can be prosecuted when the group's members commit crimes that show a pattern of racketeering. Prosecutors do not have to prove that the leader personally committed the illegal acts, only that he supported the specific crimes in some way, such as approving them or sharing in any illegal profits...
...Prime Minister Bettino Craxi called a special meeting of several Cabinet ministers to discuss what could be done to protect the lira. Said Lamberto Dini, the director general of the Bank of Italy: "Everyone is concerned, both in Italy and in Europe, because what is emerging is an unsustainable pattern of exchange rates." During her scheduled meeting with President Reagan in Washington this week, Britain's Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher intends to press for assurances that the Administration will take early steps to cut the U.S. budget deficit and thereby slow the rise of the American currency. Her Deputy Prime...
...clear nights airline pilots can see the shimmering marble flanks of the Washington Monument for 25 miles, and they bank into their landing pattern as the faithful sentinel looks on. Laid out as a city of circles and curves, Washington can be a bewildering maze to visitors. But they can see the brave silhouette from almost anywhere in the District of Columbia and use it as a compass to locate other monuments and eventually to find their way out of the great, gray federal wilderness...
...Saturday's Big Three meet in New Haven, the Crimson thinclads broke that pattern...
...that this nonsense is without pattern or order. Of terms of endearment there seem to be five main types: animal, edible, ethereal, infantile and strange. Animal terms include Lamb or Lambkins, Ducks, Mouse, Bear and the popular Pussycat. Among the edibles are Pumpkin, Apple Dumpling and an unhealthy variety of baked goods. Ethereal: Angel. Infantile: Babe, Baby, Baby Doll. Among the strange are combinations of the above, such as Lambie Pie, Honey Bear and Poopsie, a possible reference to fatigue. There are also physically or emotionally descriptive terms such as Hot Lips, Heartthrob, Hunk and Cuddles. All of which have...