Word: probed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...questions asked in some cases are a brief recap of those on a job application form. In others, they probe the subject's past, with the emphasis on theft. But sometimes they pry into more personal affairs. Testers reportedly used to ask job applicants at the Coors brewery about their sexual proclivities and how often they changed their underwear. According to Mike Tiner of the United Food and Commercial Workers Union, queries about political, sexual and union matters are "definitely on the increase...
...uses polygraphs mostly to probe leads and verify specific facts, areas in which, experts concede, the machines are at their best. The agency also employs highly trained examiners, who usually spend half a day on each session (compared with an average of an hour in private industry). Tests given to Jeb Magruder and Gordon Strachan led to evidence of the Watergate coverup. Right now, Justice Department investigators are using polygraphs extensively in their search for the source of Abscam leaks. Attorney General Benjamin Civiletti has ruled that an "adverse inference" may be drawn if an employee...
That sequence raises some intriguing questions for Senate investigators to probe: Was it possible that the Libyans tried to trap Billy in a Machiavellian scheme based on his potential commissions? The Libyans at some point promised to loan Billy $500,000, and the only way he could pay back that kind of money would be through his oil-sale commissions. But the Libyans controlled the sale of oil to Charter; by turning off the flow, they could also put the squeeze on Billy-and perhaps drive him to work harder in their behalf...
...South Dakota division of criminal investigation, the South Dakota Attorney General's office and the Lawrence County sheriffs office. After state officials filed public-nuisance charges against the bordellos, 27 girls and their three poodles were taken into custody as material witnesses in a federal grand jury probe. They were released and have not been seen since. A lot of people miss them...
...twisting, reaching as high as possible with the hands. Lying on the table, the patient will probably be made to continue the gymnastics with movements of the legs and hips. The doctor will feel around the abdominal area for tumors, which may be the real problem. He will also probe for pain around the kidneys and explore the rectum (purpose: to look for growths and check the condition of the coccyx, the lowermost four vertebrae, which are the evolutionary remnants of a tail). Finally the doctor will test the patient's reflexes with the time-honored taps...