Word: probe
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...atmosphere of near panic that gripped insiders at the height of the investigation has subsided, but the probe seems to be having lasting effects. Surveys have shown a definite slowdown in the trading of stock of major corporate takeover targets immediately before the announcement of merger bids...
...Americans move SDI beyond the limits of the treaty, the U.S. would have a strategic advantage that would give us a first- strike capability. This is not, however, the President's intention. So we ought to be able to find some formula that would permit us to probe the technological potential of SDI while at the same time removing the Soviet fears that we are moving toward first- strike capability...
...corn with plastic held down by old tires. He does not want to keep the corn that way longer than a few months. If he does,"hot spots" will develop where some corn decomposes, then insects will attack. While he is steward of those half-million bushels, he will probe and test constantly. His nose may be his best insurance. "I can smell bad corn," he says...
Investigators admit that the Hare Krishnas' penchant for secrecy will make it hard to find out what goes on in the inner sanctum. Still, according to U.S. Attorney Kolibash, the authorities will have more leverage when the grand jury takes over the probe. He adds that he is determined to find out "who calls the shots." As Steve Bryant's end attests, that is not merely a figure of speech...
...Cotton, manager of United's air-traffic system. "It's the air-traffic-control system that's crowded." The strain was compounded last week when 34 of the 238 air-traffic controllers at the Los Angeles Air Route Traffic Center at Palmdale were suspended from radar duty pending a probe of alleged off-duty drug...