Word: stringing
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This newest in a long string of British spy scandals came to light with the announcement that Geoffrey Arthur Prime, 44, a former employee of GCHQ, had been arrested and charged with violating Section 1 of Britain's Official Secrets Act. Officials would give no details of the accusations against Prime, but that section of the act deals with, among other things, the passing on of secret codes or documents to a potential enemy. A Russian-language specialist, Prime had worked at GCHQ from 1968 to 1977. He then left voluntarily and subsequently held jobs as a taxi driver...
Jordan's resignation is only the latest in a string of departures that have been going on since early last winter. First to depart was Myer Rashish, Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs. Long an irritant to right-wing conservatives because of his liberal views on international trade matters, Rashish resigned following a series of personality clashes with Secretary of State Alexander Haig...
...recounting of the embezzlement scandal. But Author David McCintick, a former Wall Street Journal reporter, does not think his book had much to do with Begelman's latest downfall. "There is only one law of the Hollywood jungle," says McClintick, "and it is box office. Begelman made a string of flop motion pictures." And that is that, until, as many expect, some new company produces The Return of Begelman...
Habib has put his Middle Eastern background to good use at the bargaining table, impressing his Arab contacts with the few words of Arabic he learned at home and with his knowledge of Lebanese soccer scores. During one tense negotiation some years ago, an Arab leader broke into a string of expletives, which his translator diplomatically glossed over. Habib sat upright, his face split into a wide grin, and he roguishly wagged his finger at the Arab. Said he: "I don't know much Arabic, but I sure do know those words." The Arab leader laughed, warmed by Habib...
...dollar bill, the American eagle is represented clutching an olive branch in one talon, a sheaf of arrows in the other. Ronald Reagan has been trying to present a somewhat similar image of his policy toward the Soviet Union: a string of arms-control proposals coupled with unyielding resistance to Soviet expansionism. Touring Europe two weeks ago, the President waved the olive branch so heavily that he stirred talk of a "new Reagan"-flexible, centrist and eager to negotiate. But last week, almost on the eve of new U.S.-Soviet disarmament talks, he decided to highlight the other aspect...