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...government wilted under the public outcry, and the press reported that "at last the conspiracy to hush up this scandal is breaking down." On Nov. 12, 1889, a warrant was issued for Lord Arthur's arrest, but by then he had left the country. Some experts say that he ended offering his services to the Sultan in Constantinople, where the laws were more lenient, but the present Duke of Beaufort's family has denied researchers access to the family records on their notorious forebear. As for No. 19 Cleveland Street, it was torn down in the 1920s...
...Corsair II) in the course of covering civil and military aerospace for TIME. Besides reporting for the arms trade story, both Hannifin and Kane contributed to an analysis of the new electronic weapons, which may radically alter the dynamics of future wars and which, we feel, warrant a separate story in this week's Science section...
...went well beyond the visions and capacities of Detroit's giants, yet Peterson printed Carmichael's tall talk with virtually no skepticism. He soon learned the dangers of reporting unconfirmed technical claims without any disclaimers. Last month the Dale bubble burst when the Dallas police issued a warrant for the arrest of Carmichael and her creative crew on charges of conspiracy to commit theft. They also filed charges accusing her of engaging in illegal deceptive trade practices. The National Observer reported these events in a sort of retraction in its Feb. 15 issue. The story conceded that Carmichael...
...their primary goal of creating suspense. The average whodunit (and the Orson Welles festival has its share of those) is almost by definition something you'd never want to see twice--or at least not until you'd forgotten it. But the first time around, anyway, such films may warrant taking out your pipe and putting on you deerstalker...
...sport. It is not easy to be a serious athlete and a serious student--every Harvard-Radcliffe athlete cares about his sport. If his sport happens to be an unusual one, not played or followed by many other people, or not a real money-maker, it nevertheless does not warrant this sort of demeaning response. The best sort of sports reporting is not governed by what the fans think of sports, especially fans such as those who throng to the Harvard/Yale football game as much to be seen at the game as to see the game. The best sort...