Word: probe
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Israel, and not the U.S., of its readiness to engage in serious negotiations. Nor will the U.S. cease its unflinching support for the Jewish state or let the P.L.O. divide the two allies. But Washington sees its official face-to-face talks with the P.L.O. as a chance to probe and define an acceptable Palestinian role in direct negotiations with Israel...
...fact, that is far from clear. But that is why diplomats were invented: to probe ambiguities, clarify positions, encourage progress. When John Kennedy was confronted with contradictory messages from Nikita Khrushchev during the Cuban missile crisis, he decided to cable his acceptance of the more conciliatory of the two and ignore the other. Faced with differing interpretations and translations of what was decided in Algiers, the U.S. could seize upon the more positive interpretations as the basis for preliminary talks with the P.L.O. The U.S. goal in those discussions: to nudge the P.L.O. into agreeing that it has indeed adopted...
...victims as well. The London Stock Exchange is looking into accusations that Boesky used his network of partnerships to hide from Drexel the size, and thus the potential risk, of stock purchases he made with money he borrowed from the firm. Far from feeling duped, Drexel officials welcomed the probe. Since Boesky is the prime witness against the firm, his alleged backstabbing may erode his credibility. Drexel officials insist they never knew about Boesky's illicit schemes...
...brightly plumed contraband. Last week the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said that 36 people in six states would be indicted on felony charges for their role in smuggling rare and endangered parrots into the U.S. from Mexico and other Latin American countries. In a two-year undercover probe, the agency seized dozens of exotic parrots worth some $468,000. Such birds, which can be picked up for as little as $100 apiece along the Mexican border, fetch dear prices in U.S. pet stores: $4,500 for a scarlet macaw, $25,000 for a pair of black palm cockatoos...
Working undercover for two years, Customs agents infiltrate a drug ring, then stage a Florida wedding to nab bankers who allegedly operate on both sides of the law. "Welcome to Tampa," said one agent to a suspect. "You' re under arrest." The probe was called Operation C- Chase, for the $100 bills that are the denomination of choice in drug deals...