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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...York Times reported last week that the fund has even refused to open its books to a federal audit. The disclosure led Senate Judiciary Committee Member Ted Kennedy to ask Jacob Stein, the special prosecutor looking into allegations raised against Meese, to include the fund in his probe. A source close to the investigation insisted that Stein, with his far-ranging mandate to sort out the tangled Meese affair, will almost surely decide to look into the matter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mystery Money: A New Meese Puzzle | 4/30/1984 | See Source »

Meese's attorney, E. Robert Wallach, said that "explicitly, Meese didn't handle fund raising, he didn't handle disbursements." Another member of his legal team, Leonard Garment, promised that if Prosecutor Stein decides to probe Meese's role at the foundation, "we are prepared to answer all of his questions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mystery Money: A New Meese Puzzle | 4/30/1984 | See Source »

Troublesome as such episodes have been, and wearying as its often sloppy, overwritten coverage can be, the Post remains the nation's second most influential paper. It reaches beyond White House handouts and glamorous legislative debates to probe scandals, follies and policy debates in obscure federal agencies. In this capacity it serves as an invaluable watchdog. Columnists Mary McGrory, Richard Cohen and George Will have mastered the art of arousing emotion without overlooking ideas. The paper's metropolitan staff brings much the same assiduity to the diverse politics of Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia. The Post...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: The Ten Best U.S. Dailies | 4/30/1984 | See Source »

Some of the phenomena astronomers hope to probe include dense clouds of celestial dust where new stars are being formed and "cool stars" which eject gas into interstellar space. The telescopes will also allow more accurate measurement of distant objects in space...

Author: By Christopher J. Georges, | Title: Harvard Scientists Plan New Telescopes | 4/21/1984 | See Source »

Dreben's teaching strategy, particularly in small classes, is to probe the sources of students' ideas, students...

Author: By Charles T. Kurzman, | Title: 'A Socratic Gadfly' | 4/18/1984 | See Source »

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