Word: signs
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...been recruited by Gangster John Roselli in the early '60s for the CIA-backed plot to murder Cuban President Fidel Castro. He joined, he said, chiefly out of patriotism: "It was like in World War II. They tell you to go to the draft board and sign up. Well, I signed up." Besides, he had a grudge to settle against Castro for closing down the casinos after seizing power in 1959. According to Trafficante, the mobsters considered "poison, planes, tanks. I'm telling you, they talked about everything." Eventually they chose poison pills, but for reasons that have...
...surest way to slow inflation. The fiscal 1979 federal deficit is expected to be some $39 billion, and final planning will soon start on the 1980 budget. All effort should be made to keep that deficit well below $30 billion, for a larger figure would be a clear sign that the Administration does not take the inflation struggle seriously. The Federal Reserve must also continue its increasingly tight money policy, even though interest rates are starting to hit double digits...
...week before he died, John Paul told a group of American bishops that he was "just a beginner." That was the truth, and the reason why he will remain forever, in terms of policy, the unknown Pope. In his days in office John Paul was able to sign only one major decree, and even that will now become invalid: a sweeping reform of seminaries that he had postdated for December release. Ironically, the same document was approved by his predecessor, Pope Paul VI, whose postdated signature also became invalid when he died. Now the document must await the scrutiny...
...month trial, to begin in January, will involve at least 300 patients with advanced cancer that has not responded to other treatment. Each patient will sign a consent form. Says Upton: "We would not foist Laetrile on any unknowing patient." Still to be worked out is whether Laetrile will be given alone or, as some proponents advise, in combination with other metabolic therapies such as high-dose vitamins, minerals and diet changes. Since preparations of the drug are known to vary, NCI will formulate and distribute the Laetrile to be used...
Known as the Complaint-Mobile, the van tours San Francisco, displaying a big sign asking: HAVE YOU BEEN RIPPED OFF? Men and women volunteers in the district attorney's consumer-fraud/white-collar-crime unit listen to the complaints of passersby, then mediate with merchants, doctors and the Like. Most complaints concern car repairs; others range from false advertising to ill-fitting hairpieces. One woman complained of a backache that came from wearing a bra supposed to increase her bust size. No complaint is too small: the unit once got back a 200 soda-bottle deposit for a small boy from...