Word: probings
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Part of the problem may stem from choosing to confine the movie to World War II and after. While it is clear that it was young Douglas' relationship with his heroic father that shaped his personality, the movie only hints at some of its complexities. Nor does it probe his near mystical feelings for West Point, which obviously provided something that had been missing in his nature until he stepped onto the Plain there. However exaggerated his talk of "The Corps, The Corps, The Corps," of the grandeur he found in the military tradition, there was an authenticity...
...average of three times monthly, a Soviet Tu-16 "Badger" reconnaissance jet roars off from the world's largest military base, just outside Murmansk, and heads westward to probe Norway's air defenses. Alerted by radar, a vast ultramodern command center in the craggy mountain range of northern Norway scrambles two Norwegian Royal Air Force F-104G Starfighters. The fighters usually intercept the Badger within a few minutes; one of them hangs off the Soviet craft's tail, while the other flies just ahead of its nose. The lead Norwegian Starfighter will then waggle its wings...
...jobs have been lost to Japanese imports, which last year accounted for 2.9 million sets, or 38% of the domestic market. In May, the Carter Administration worked out a deal with Japanese makers to limit imports. But now the picture is darkening again; U.S. Government investigators are probing charges that Japanese manufacturers have been making illegal kickbacks to U.S. importers as a way of getting around federal "antidumping" regulations, and selling color TV sets in the U.S. at bargain-basement prices. Government sources told TIME that one executive of a U.S. importing company has admitted that his firm has received...
...this point, two separate investigations are under way. One is by the U.S. Customs Service, the Treasury and the Department of Justice. They are looking into allegations of false invoicing by Japanese makers to avoid paying dumping duties. This is the probe that has turned up the kickback charges. The second investigation is by the U.S. International Trade Commission. Its lawyers are checking the possibility of unfair trade practices by the Japanese (a noncriminal charge), and they have talked to officials of Hitachi, Sanyo, Sharp, Toshiba and Mitsubishi...
...currently investigating Ellery Garage and other towing companies in Cambridge for violations of existing state laws regarding the towing of vehicles. The probe does not cover similar violations of existing state regulations on vehicle storage rates...