Word: probing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...special counsel" is assigned to probe those peanut loans
...bank to the Carter peanut warehouse in Plains, Ga. It was a hard argument to sustain. Not only was Bell a Democrat, of course, but he was an old friend of the Carters' and of Lance. Faced with increasing criticism, Bell last week finally decided to put the probe into other hands. His choice was highly qualified: Paul Jerome Curran, 45, who not only is a Republican but had been the U.S. Attorney in New York City...
Although a dozen FBI agents were assigned in January to probe the circumstances surrounding the bank loans, they bypassed Hayes until he had given a series of taped interviews to the Washington Post, which printed them last week. The Atlanta FBI chief immediately got a hotwire telephone call from Washington. Hours later, a pair of agents were on their way to interview the talkative source...
Vastola does not make such mental errors. "You have to be able to gauge your opponent when you step on the strip, probe him. You have to tailor your fencing to what you need to beat him," he says. Simple, well-executed attacks are often the most appropriate, Vastola says...
Despite the N.B.G. directors' report, Lance is still not in the clear. Left unresolved by the bank report is the grand-jury investigation into his banking practices. Some result of that probe is expected in six to eight weeks...