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DEBT INTEREST 22 min. 33 sec...
SOCIAL SECURITY 20 min. 18 sec...
Carnesale was Rudenstine's sec- ond provost, following the unexpected resignation of Wells Professor of Political Economy Jerry R. Green in 1995. The position of provost was revived after Rudenstine took office...
...Nixon's first Secretary of Commerce. To this day Stans steadfastly maintains he was not involved in any Watergate wrongdoing. In 1975 he did plead guilty to five misdemeanor violations of campaign laws, paying a $5,000 fine. (A year earlier he was acquitted of conspiring to stifle an SEC probe of financier Robert Vesco.) Watergate did not dim his loyalty or his powers: he raised $30 million for the Nixon library. Stans deems some of the current D.N.C. contributions "improper, illegal and purposely dishonest." Though he is "very much in favor" of the Senate's upcoming investigation...
...transferred is David Williams, the senior explosives expert on the scene in Oklahoma City. Soon after the blast, Williams announced that the bomb had consisted of about 4,000 lbs. of ammonium nitrate and exploded at a velocity of about 13,000 ft. per sec. According to officials, the report severely criticizes Williams for basing his observations on his experience and instinct rather than precise measurements. In fact, his assessment was accurate. But FBI managers concur with the report that the lab's chief failing has been the practice of letting veteran explosives specialists--"the bomb guys"--write reports...