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...created for Marston, himself an outright political appointee who hunted headlines as vigorously as he hunted official corruption in both parties. Despite Marston's protests that the inquiry into Philadelphia-area wrongdoing may be sabotaged by his ouster, the whole brouhaha almost certainly guarantees forceful pursuit of the probe to its end. That assignment will be carried out by Assistant U.S. Attorney Alan Lieberman, who did most of Marston's actual courtroom work, and hard-driving FBI Agent Neil Welch, who is rated the most effective bureau field commander in the country...
These fragile systems are under constant threat. And the situation could further deteriorate as searchers probe the ocean for oil. The fields that may soon be opened in the fertile fishing grounds of Georges Bank, writes Mrs. Simon, will have a 20-year life, during which there is a 91% chance of at least one major spill and near certainty that there will be more than 1,700 "nickel-and-dime" disasters. The public, she laments, seems unconcerned. "The trade-off is almost made - a viable coast for the plunge offshore, for a few more moments of twilight before...
...page report was prepared by Justice's Office of Professional Responsibility, which was assigned to probe allegations of wrongdoing by high officials of the Hoover regime in 1976. The order was given by then Attorney General Edward Levi, after he concluded that the FBI's own investigation of the charges was a whitewash. Mostly, the report dwells on just how much Hoover, a stickler for rules as far as ordinary agents were concerned, could tolerate improper use of bureau resources by high officials-especially himself. In fact, much of the purpose of the FBI's exhibits section...
...most of her polemical songs and free-spirited antics are pretty silly. But the value of all this lies in its novelty, not in its depth. For in all her feminist enthusiasm, French director Agnes Varda fails to delve beyond the difficult circumstances of these women's lives to probe into their hearts and psyches. The resolutions of the two journeys are too simple--the widow cautiously remarries and finds happiness, while the singer leaves her domineering husband and, lo and behold, also finds happiness. There is an important moral here: that cutting loose entails pain and uncertainty, but that...
Foreign impressions of Begin have improved substantially in recent months. A number of Egyptian officials now argue that both Begin and Sadat are men of action who like to probe and test situations. The U.S. has grown less worried about Begin in office than about a disaster that would force him to resign. Says one top American policymaker: "Losing Begin through sickness or death, God forbid, would be the very worst thing that could happen." According to Western diplomats who have dealt with Begin, he is open-minded on most issues and will sometimes change his position after listening carefully...