Word: scandalous
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Defense suppliers, hurt by budget cuts and scandal, face hard times. -- Washington vows drought relief. -- Immigrant loan clubs...
...current defense scandal has no doubt contributed to Congress's stingy mood. In mid-June, subpoenas were issued and FBI agents staged surprise searches in more than three dozen homes and offices in twelve states. The 19 companies subpoenaed or searched, some of which are likely targets of the investigation, are a Who's Who of 19 defense contractors. Among them: Electronic Data Systems, Gould, Hazeltine, Litton, Loral, LTV, Martin Marietta, McDonnell Douglas, Northrop, Teledyne, Unisys and United Technologies. Since the raids, a federal grand jury in Alexandria, Va., has been delving into charges that some of these defense contractors...
...moved more aggressively into sales of the sophisticated defense electronics that have been relatively immune to budget cutting, while Lockheed is working on rocket motors for future space shuttles. But the companies that supply instruments of war to the nation's generals and admirals fear that the latest scandal will prompt a series of excessively restrictive new laws that will make it even more difficult to do business. "The wave is just now crashing on us," warns Norman Augustine, chairman of Martin Marietta. Just how much damage it does may depend on the defense industry's ability to trim...
...salute or a karate chop. On the other hand, the author has kept up with shifts of attitude in the U.S., and not every Kremlin big shot is portrayed as an evil-empire builder. He has not anticipated the end of the Afghan war, and the Pentagon procurement scandal is not foreshadowed. Complicated weapons systems usually work, and no U.S. military officer or enlisted person is less than true blue. Fair enough. Accepting Clancy's word on such matters for the duration of a flight is less strenuous and far more reassuring than pulling up hard on your seat handles...
McKay also disclosed that Wallach, who is under indictment for alleged racketeering in the Wedtech scandal, facilitated two loans to Meese totalling...