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...Gates was chiefly a lifetime CIA officer, who rose quickly through the agency's Russia and Soviet ranks during the 1970s and 1980s. He was marked for higher office by Reagan CIA Director William Casey but was slowed in his rise by minor involvement in the Iran-Contra scandal in the late 1980s, when Gates was Casey's deputy director at the agency. That misstep cost him the chance to replace Casey during the Reagan years; Bush's father named him CIA director a few years later, after the Iran-contra smoke cleared...
...consider the ecological impact of blowers. She advocated leaf-raking instead.“If you can do something burning your own calories rather than electricity or gasoline, it will be better for the environment and better for you,” Butler said.No one at the meeting rose in defense of the blowers. But the Outdoor Power Equipment Institute, an Alexandria, Va.-based trade association, says that blowers present an “extremely efficient” way to save time and labor.PARKING AND PARKSThe city manager also reported to the council on policies designed to decrease Cambridge?...
Lieutenant Governor Kerry M. Healey ’82 likes to point out that she and her opponent—Deval L. Patrick ’78—have a lot in common: both are social liberals who support abortion rights and stem cell research; both rose from modest means, attended Harvard, and became wealthy; and both would make history by being elected Massachusetts governor—Healey as the first woman, Patrick as the first black leader. Despite their similarities, Healey has based her campaign on highlighting their differences. She pummeled Patrick for his more liberal positions, including...
LIKE RED ON A ROSE ALAN JACKSON An all-baladalbum from a chronic sentimentalist is the reason a music critic needs a thesaurus. (Did you know there are at least 40 synonyms for corny?) But Jackson is a sentimentalist with a minimalist's taste in lyrics, so tracks like The Firefly's Song ("I don't want you like I used to/ This old man wants you more") feel honest, especially when sung in his regal baritone. Fellow minimalist Alison Krauss produces, and bans take-it-up-a-notch! key changes and swollen strings. What's left is something...
...documents stacked up, Hussein's bluster faded. He seemed to take on a growing sense of resignation about his fate until, finally, he snapped. Without warning, Hussein rose March 1 and offered a statement in which he essentially admitted everything and urged the court to hold him responsible...