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...TIMES Arms Bazaar may seem to be a conspiracy book. Business and political figures from Herbert Kalmbach to Prince Bernhard of Holland are involved in one way or another. But Sampson is not paranoid, merely thorough. The arms trade, with its manufacturers so dependent on large-sale, precarious government contracts, is one of the most lucrative and integral to the western world...

Author: By Mike Kendall, | Title: Arms for the Rich | 9/27/1977 | See Source »

...Bill Lee is doing an excellent job as acting chief, so we can afford to do a thorough job," he said...

Author: By Francis J. Connolly, | Title: Committee Delays Choice Of University Police Chief | 9/27/1977 | See Source »

...thorough a portrait had the correspondents drawn of Silverman that when they finally talked with him-for five hours -they felt, says Shields, that "we already knew...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher, Sep. 5, 1977 | 9/5/1977 | See Source »

...Belgrade meeting decided that 1) a thorough review of how states have respected the accord, including its human rights provision, would be the first item discussed, 2) the fall session would have decision-making powers, and 3) the conference would open Oct. 4 and run until Dec. 22. If the drafting of a report is not completed by then, the conference will reconvene for an extra month...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EAST-WEST: A Caviar Ending | 8/15/1977 | See Source »

...Post to major Washington scoops about CIA domestic spying and drug experimentation on unwitting civilians. The Post has been giving extravagant display to its newsbeats on the Koreagate scandal?in fact, to any stories with the merest hint of wrongdoing. On balance, the Post probably does a more thorough job of covering Washington's politics and government administration, but the Times still carries more weight on the national scene...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Kingdom And the Cabbage | 8/15/1977 | See Source »

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