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When the Hawkeye reports "multiple radar contacts inbound" to the carrier, the U.S. commander sends more F-14s aloft. And on his direct line to the Pentagon command center, he requests permission for "weapon release" so that he can order his men to fire before being attacked...
Today, as Admiral Thomas Hayward prepares to assume command as the new Chief of Naval
...Patrick Gray III, acting director of the bureau under President Nixon, W. Mark Felt, who ended his 31-year FBI career in 1973 as the bureau's second in command, and Edward S. Miller, who quit the bureau in 1974 after serving as assistant director of the intelligence division, were about to be arraigned for violating the civil rights of citizens-friends and relatives of Weatherman fugitives-by ordering illegal break...
...seemed to be having a hard time gaining control of the Bureau machinery. Retired Administrator Mohr, according to many agents, urged Kelley to bring Adams back from exile. Kelley did so, and Adams prospered: within a year, he was named the bureau's third in command, in charge of all FBI investigations. The promotion of Adams created one of Kelley's biggest headaches, forcing him to deny repeatedly that the bureau was being controlled by Hoover's people. The charge was that Mohr still flashed signals to Adams and to Nicholas Callahan, once Mohr's lieutenant...
Chinaglia believes that pro soccer must go through an evolution if it is truly to command fan loyalty. Says he: "For the sport to grow, it has to have American superstars." If the new young soccer pros are any indication, the American superstars are surely on their...