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...called Sawyer to say that General Dynamics had "developed a job that we thought he might be interested in that would have no conflict of interest." All the while, Sawyer was continuing his official dealings with General Dynamics, and on May 5 he authorized the Navy to negotiate a sub-building contract with the company. In June he became an executive vice president of General Dynamics. Responding to criticism of the Sawyer affair, Lewis contended that General Dynamics had not started job negotiations with Sawyer until after he had disqualified himself from doing Pentagon business with the company. Sawyer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: General Dynamics Under Fire | 4/8/1985 | See Source »

...company's cost overruns on submarines in 1979, but dropped the probe in 1981 for lack of enough evidence of fraud. Now the Justice Department has reopened the case in light of new information from P. Takis Veliotis, who in 1977 became head of Electric Boat, the company's sub-building division in Groton, Conn. His word is hardly unimpeachable. In 1983 he fled to his native Greece to avoid being tried on charges of perjuring himself before a grand jury and taking $1.3 million in kickbacks from a subcontractor (see box). Veliotis has produced tapes and company documents that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: General Dynamics Under Fire | 4/8/1985 | See Source »

Craig said Senate sub-committee hearings on the bill will be held April 16 and 25, but predicted the bill will not reach the Senate floor before this fall because of expected opposition from Senate Majority Leader Robert Dole (R-Kan.), an ardent Reagan supporter...

Author: By Joseph F. Kans, | Title: Bok Endorses Measures To Pressure South Africa | 4/3/1985 | See Source »

...ruling, which was requested by the Senate Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education sub-committee on appropriations, found OMB broke the law because it did not have sufficient cause to extend the annual funding beyond the first year...

Author: By D. JOSEPH Menn, | Title: Reagan's Science Funding Cuts Called Illegal By Federal Agency | 4/3/1985 | See Source »

...student's concentration. These dual exemptions offer the politically minded honors candidate a rewarding exercise in gerrymandering; courses can be juggled to achieve the optimal mix of grades in the various categories. Thus, by employing a simple sleight of hand, the deft senior tutor or undergraduate can shroud sub-standard grades in new-found respectability...

Author: By David S. Hilzenrath, | Title: Johnny Cum Laude | 3/21/1985 | See Source »

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