Word: scandale
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...They were the New Centurions all over again," said District Attorney John Holmes. "They were frustrated at all the legal rules, so they cut corners." A Harris County grand jury is probing the scandal, but prosecution of the narcotics officers may be difficult because so many of their targets were case-hardened criminals. Ironically, a few of the dealers bagged by the unit and now in prison may be eligible for pardons...
...Nofziger, 63, a onetime California newsman who served as Ronald Reagan's political director until January 1982. After a 16-day trial, a federal jury in Washington found Nofziger guilty of illegally contacting the White House for three clients of his "communications" firm. They were: New York City's scandal-plagued Wedtech Corp., which paid Nofziger's agency $1 million to help secure an Army small- engine contract; Fairchild Republic Co., which paid his firm $25,000 to promote continued federal funding of A-10 antitank aircraft; and the National Marine Engineers' Beneficial Association, a maritime union that retained...
However, after the scandal two years ago involving professors' links to the CIA, one would expect the Harvard community, too, to be concerned with the role of the CIA on campus. Albertson Professor of Middle Eastern Studies Nadav Safran was commissioned by the CIA to write a book and hold a conference--without disclosing his CIA involvement. In the wake of these revelations, Safran was forced to resign from his post as director of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, and President Bok issued guidlines about disclosing CIA funding for academic research...
Unfortunately, the scandal failed to rivet Harvard's attention to the role of the CIA on campus for more than a passing moment. What is wrong with the Harvard community that it can let such a seminal academic issue pass without comment, much less examination? President Bok, who was so concerned with academic freedom last semester, did not issue any public statement on the CIA-training program...
...palpable. Since December 1982, lawmakers have voted on the contras 15 times. Whether the immediate question was the mining of Nicaraguan harbors or the many permutations of the Boland amendment, which blocked military aid to the contras, each vote sparked ugly, divisive battles. Last year's Iran- contra scandal has only added to the bitterness. In the past, Reagan was able to win over key swing votes in White House arm-twisting sessions. Last week, however, many undecided Congressmen refused even to meet with the President. "I told him I'm going to make this decision in the quietness...