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Spring 1984: Rolf Kiefer, owner of a small metal-construction firm in Wiesbaden, West Germany, receives a request to bid on the construction of a technology park in North Africa. The man soliciting the bids calls it a "big contract." Kiefer is intrigued, but as he says later, "when someone comes in with a suitcase full of money, you feel wary." When Kiefer learns that the "park" is to be built in Libya, he bows out. "I assumed from the outset that the man was talking about a weapons factory," recalls Kiefer, "and we didn't want to get involved...
Guests can choose a hunting safari for wild boar, goats or pheasant on the slopes of Mauna Kea ($550 for the first person, $200 each for the next three). The game will be dressed and served for dinner that night, or shipped home upon request. Or deep-sea fishing on a luxury yacht ($1,380 for up to six people), Formula Ford race-car driving (not available until April), a day in the saddle with the paniolos (Hawaiian cowboys) of the vast Kahua Ranch ($1,460 for four) or dinner at the Hulihee Palace, former home of the Hawaiian royalty...
Editor's Note: The Crimson does not necessarily agree with the facts and opinions stated in Mr. McKinney's letter. Nevertheless, The Crimson regrets any misunderstandings which may have occurred as a result of the publication of the December 17, 1988 article. At Mr. McKinney's request, we have agreed to print his letter to the Editors and to refrain from further comment on the matter...
...statement, which is not a papal encyclical but simply an advisory document put out by the Church's Pontifical Commission on Peace and Justice at the Pope's request, condemns South Africa by name for its apartheid system. It also calls on the South African regime to overcome the prejudices which motivate it so it may "build the future on the principle of the equal dignity of every person...
...politics. Last year Tower was one of the first prominent Republicans to endorse Bush, and he stumped hard for Bush throughout the campaign. Tower has coveted the post of Secretary of Defense for at least eight years; he asked Ronald Reagan for it in early 1981 and renewed his request immediately after Bush won last year. By then it had become a job of squeezing down a bloated military establishment. Even if Tower survives the confirmation process and takes over the No. 2 post in the Cabinet, it could be as a drastically weakened Pentagon boss, beset by continuing suspicions...