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...charges focused on William Parkin and Fred Lackner, both private defense consultants, and Stuart E. Berlin, former head of the Navy's ship- engineering section at the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command. Court papers describe a scheme in which California's Teledyne Industries paid Parkin and Lackner to obtain confidential information about Government procurement plans for a system to identify military aircraft. They in turn bribed Berlin to turn over the information. Parkin was also charged with paying Berlin to help New York's Hazeltine Corp. win a contract for a radar test device. Hazeltine...
...explosives? No one is jumping to quick conclusions. But Palestinian sources, as well as some in the U.S. Government and Israeli intelligence, probably the world's best trackers of terrorist groups, point to Ahmed Jibril, leader of the Damascus-based Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command. Fourteen members of Jibril's group, which fiercely opposes P.L.O. chairman Yasser Arafat's decision to recognize Israel's right to exist and open talks with the U.S., were arrested by West German authorities in October. Seized with them was a cache of arms that included the ultimate boom...
...time I was slated to command a cruiser when Admiral ((JCS Chairman)) Tom Moorer asked me to serve on the team negotiating the end of the Micronesian Trust. I objected, but to no avail. I received a nice letter from ((chief of Naval Operations)) Admiral ((Elmo)) Zumwalt explaining that this was necessary because we have many naval officers who can command a cruiser but only a few who can participate effectively in international negotiations...
...local educational resources, such as community colleges and volunteer tutors, to set up programs that will help their workers bridge the skills gap. Getting employees to stick with classes can be difficult, however, since the sessions are frequently held away from the workplace after hours. Larger companies, which command the resources to hold classes in-house, have sweetened the deal by offering workers time off during the workday to attend. Success in both cases depends on how strongly individual companies support their programs -- and how effectively they defuse workers' fears about getting fired for owning up to subpar literacy...
...ties to military contractors, Tower came under fire last week from moderates who think the job should go to a disciplined financial manager. Tower wants to bring his own associates into the Pentagon, but Bush's aides are insisting that he accept an efficient administrator as his second-in- command. Bush's negotiators, said a source close to both Bush and Tower, want to be sure "they don't create another Cap Weinberger...