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West German officials believe that the husbands or paramours of all six spying secretaries were East German control agents. As it happens, even before the latest defections, Bonn had launched a campaign to tighten its security system; it included a special warning for unmarried female employees. Posters in government buildings show a man nuzzling a woman. The caption: "There is a code word that opens safes: love." Beneath that: "Your partner has been married for a long time-to the East German state security service. Please think about...
...laws have made digging and burning the fuel a bureaucratic nightmare. Worst offender: the antipollution amendments that Congress added to the Clean Air Act, with Carter's support, in the rush just before the summer adjournment in 1977. Enforcement regulations proposed by the Environmental Protection Agency would sharply tighten the already strict standards on pollution emissions and make burning coal more difficult than ever. The amendments already require, among other things, that new coal-fired plants install highly complex "scrubbers" to remove sulfur pollution from exhaust smoke. The scrubbers cost $80 million or more for an average-size...
...squeeze will tighten no matter what Iran does. Prices are climbing not least because one OPEC country after another has either posted large unilateral increases or announced rises for later this spring. Last week Algeria and Iraq joined the list; Algeria's planned rise of 28% i by far the biggest...
...appeared before the game that coach Billy Cleary had finally made the changes necessary to tighten his defense and inspire the offense. Cleary moved captain John Cochrane back to defense, John Dunderdale from defense to left wing, and reshuffled all his lines. And, with George and Jack Hughes back in the line-up, how much worse could it be than the discouraging 5-3 loss at Northeastern Thursday night...
...captain Fine came back to the court on fire, closing the gap to 39-34 with fine outside jumpers. Just seconds later, a Mannix steal resulted in a Bob Hooft layup to tighten the score at 39-36, with 10 minutes remaining...