Word: probed
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When Britain's law enforcement authorities began probing allegations that the leading British arms manufacturer had paid bribes to a senior Saudi official, then Prime Minister Tony Blair called a halt to the probe. Its continuation, he warned, would jeopardize British national interests. But the same allegations have resurfaced at the center of an investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice, with potentially explosive consequences...
...agreed, in 1985, to supply Tornado jets and other military equipment to Saudi Arabia. But it was many years before Britain's Serious Fraud Office began to investigate, and its inquiry was brought to an abrupt halt by the Blair government in December 2006. The stated reason - that the probe could cost British jobs and imperil important ties - carried the obvious implication was that Britain could not afford allow awkward truths about BAE conduct to become public, presumably because of the anticipated reaction of the Saudis. But that which the Blair government had sought to keep under wraps...
...conclusions are likely to be more important than those of the Senate: he launched a wide-ranging investigation into the firing of U.S. attorneys last year, and a negative report from him could hurt Gonzales in ways Congress couldn't. Fine's inclusion of the Goodling conversation in his probe signals that he is looking directly at Gonzales' role in the entire matter...
...Fundu Lagoon resort on the lush island of Pemba has overcome obstacles. Just off the coast of Tanzania and north of Zanzibar, this small isle boasts few roads. Many parts are only accessible by boat. Then there are the dark arts. "Witch doctors will come to probe the deepest mysteries of voodoo," British author Evelyn Waugh wrote of Pemba in 1931. "Everything," he said, "is kept hidden from the Europeans...
...equal plausibility. Jeon also has a way of turning on a small smile in the most extreme moments, as if to share a sly intimacy with the audience. Does she want viewers to see the full humanity of the troubled Shin-ae? Or is she telling us not to probe too deeply for logical explanations in a character that is essentially one more exotic movie madwoman...