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...Such operations have never been formally banned, but a 1974 law had the effect of requiring the President to notify eight congressional committees about them in "a timely fashion." The risks of a leak were so great that covert op erations were severely limited. The new bill would require prior notification of only the Senate and House Intelligence Committees, a manageable demand...
...certainly the longest and most ambitious novel I've attempted. It'll be at least 500 pages, which is about double the length of books that I've written prior to that...Stylistically it is, I would say, much more conventional than what I've done heretofore. It involves time travel, it involves pirates who invent the cartridge gun in the early 18th century and with this invention take over the whole of South America...
Some tenants in the HRE-owned units said this week they were not informed of the conversion prior to the arrival of workmen, and the heat in their houses was turned off during the conversion...
Which move did Dick Button perfect just prior to his 1952 figure skating performance which enabled him to secure a gold medal...
...occasion does not warrant hysterical outbursts. The NCAA is not the bastion of quality and hardly can it be called a promoter of women's rights. Prior to the AIAW's creation, the NCAA barely recognized the existence of women athletes. And, the NCAA certainly has many other shortcomings, expecially in areas such as Division I football, where the elite member schools would like to think of themselves as professional farm teams rather than institutions of higher education that are interested in promoting athletic competition...