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General Dynamics responded that it had "no idea of the origin of the figures quoted." The Pentagon is undecided as to how it will recoup the money. Said a Pentagon spokesman: "We could continue to withhold overhead payments until the account is filled, or we could ask for a lump payment." The Northrop Corp., a competitor, last week suggested one form of punishment for General Dynamics: to share some of the Government contracts with it. Northrop offered to sell the Pentagon about 400 of its newly developed F-20s, sleek fighter jets it is having trouble marketing, for substantially less...
...televised expose was the latest in a series of incidents that has challenged the Conservative government of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher over its use of Britain's archaic security laws. Particularly under attack is the Official Secrets Act of 1911, which allows the government to withhold details of its activities, no matter how insignificant, simply by claiming that anything not officially released is a state secret. Under the law, any civil servant who reveals such secrets, as well as any journalist who publishes them, is subject to arrest and, if convicted, to a maximum sentence of two years in prison...
...Mexican government, which already has a surfeit of problems. Burdened by a $96 billion foreign debt, the second largest in the Third World, after Brazil's, the De la Madrid government has just launched a third year of painful austerity measures. The International Monetary Fund is threatening to withhold $1.2 billion in credits from Mexico unless the country sets economic performance targets that are more to the IMF's liking. That possibility in turn could delay a complicated $48.5 billion refinancing of Mexico's debt by private, mainly U.S., banks negotiated six months...
...than 14 students, excluding Expository Writing, tutorials, and seminars. However, not every course that meets the enrollment cutoff appears in the book. According to Faculty policy, the Guide cannot evaluate a course without the instructor's written permission. Each year, between 15 and 20 percent of all eligible professors withhold their approval, says CUE Editor Barbara S. Okun...
...explanation from McChristian of how he had calculated the troop estimates, and had then disputed inclusion of civilians because, Westmoreland felt, they had a limited impact in combat. McChristian said he never learned what happened to his report, but added, "I think that for a military man to withhold a report based on political implications would be improper...