Word: suspicion
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Precise information about what goes on inside Kahuta is virtually unobtainable; the site is one of Pakistan's most closely held defense secrets. Nonetheless, over the past decade the world has been catching occasional, disturbing glimpses of clandestine dealings and espionage coups that have left trails of suspicion leading inexorably back to Kahuta. All those James Bond operations have conveyed the same unsettling message: even though the government of President Mohammed Zia ul-Haq firmly denies it, Pakistan appears to be developing the capacity to build an atom bomb...
...Minuteman project who has been indicted but has pleaded not guilty, will go on trial in July. Baessler, who was given immunity in return for his cooperation, has implicated some of his superiors, but neither the investigators nor the company has released the names of those under suspicion. At GE's headquarters in Fairfield, Conn., top executives have denied any prior knowledge of the fraud. A letter to employees, signed by Chairman John Welch and other officers, stated: "We've seen, all too clearly, how the actions of a few can hurt an entire company and all of its employees...
...began making serious, but secret, preparations to introduce its new taste. The company even created some misinformation. Three months ago, Coke told bottlers that it would soon put a 100th anniversary label on its packages and that they should begin clearing out stocks of preanniversary bottles. This aroused the suspicion of Jesse Meyers, a Greenwich, Conn., industry follower who puts out a newsletter called Beverage Digest. Meyers felt that it was simply not like the forward-looking Goizueta to dwell on an anniversary. He did some checking and on April 19, four days before Coke's announcement, broke the story...
...legacy of Enver Hoxha (pronounced Hod-ja), Albania's leader since 1944, who died last week from heart disease at 76. For more than 40 years Hoxha kept his tiny country on what he considered the only true path to Communism: self-reliance, total party control and a suspicion of outsiders that led him to reject both the U.S. and the Soviet Union and to feud with China and Yugoslavia. He summed up his view of his country in 1967, when he banned all religious activities: "The only religion an Albanian needs is Albania...
Judge Samuels' ruling appeared to follow Illinois legal precedent in cases where witnesses recant their testimony after a conviction. Such retractions are generally viewed with suspicion, and the convictions stand. Said Thomas Royce, a prominent Chicago criminal-defense lawyer: "Recanting testimony is not (in itself) sufficient to impeach a jury's verdict. It basically falls on deaf ears...