Word: probed
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...grand jury probe, which continues at high speed in Boston and in Los Angeles, is a direct threat to the anti-war movement and to the constitutional rights which have traditionally allowed such movements to exist. Even if it were being conducted under more restrained and strictly legal circumstances, the investigation would appear repugnant to the many who feel that Daniel Ellsberg's action was fully justified. As it is; the grand jury's activity has amounted to an uncalled-for inquisition of Ellsberg's friends and associates...
This preoccupation with secrecy is not accidental, nor do government officials take it lightly. Initial press reports of the Boston grand jury indicated that the newspaper sources were none other than members of the jury itself. These reports stated that the jury conducting the probe had been impaneled in April; subsequent stories disclosed that the investigation was being undertaken by a grand jury sworn in last July. Court observers speculated that the government, in order to avoid leaks, had switched the case from one jury to the next--a move so legally questionable that it may invalidate any indictments...
Still, NASA seems unable effectively to rebut its critics. Because of the budget cuts, NASA will be able to send up only two more moon missions; originally there were to be another five. Plans to land an unmanned probe on Mars have been set back to 1975. The launching of Skylab, the first U.S. orbital space station, is unlikely to occur before 1973. Cape Kennedy's director, Kurt Debus, explained NASA's problem on the eve of Apollo 15's launch: Space is enormously important to the future well-being of the U.S., he said...
...will be no surprise if Sisco, fresh from conferences with the National Security Council, makes less headway on the diplomatic front. His object is to probe for possible areas in which U.S.-sponsored discussions on reopening the Suez Canal can be continued...
...scalp twitches. There is still no proof that alpha and special mental powers go together, though the possibility tantalizes even the scientists. The alpha machine is still a long way from becoming Walker Percy's "lapsometer," which allowed Dr. Thomas More in Love in the Ruins to probe people's minds. But research is too new for anyone to claim that alpha training is a shortcut to nirvana. Electronic yoga remains a faddist's dream...