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...Administration has taken the lazy and sloppy way out," contends Democratic Congressman Albert Gore Jr. "They just decided not to enforce the law. This sets up a conflict between those who would obey the law and those who would violate it, and gives the advantage to the violators." Contends Fred Wertheimer, president of Common Cause: "Basically, the Administration is saying, 'Don't worry about the statutes on the books; just go about your business.' That's a lousy way to govern...
...generally not admissible as evidence in federal courts or in the courts of 25 states. To civil libertarians, questions about the polygraph's accuracy are almost beside the point. Asking a person to prove his or her innocence to a machine, they feel, is inherently demeaning. Says Fred Okrand, legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union in Southern California...
...trillion miles) away, has a solar system may be the most important finding so far made by IRAS, a joint effort of the U.S., Britain and The Netherlands that was launched last January. When Astronomers H.H. Aumann of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, which manages the project for NASA, and Fred Gillett of Kitt Peak National Observatory in Arizona aimed the instrument at Vega, they detected an unexpectedly strong flood of infrared radiation, or heat. (IRAS is the first orbital telescope that operates in the infrared frequency range, taking the temperature of the various components of the universe...
...faraway Boston, explained Mailer's agent, who down-played reports that, in addition to New York, Random House threw in a tidy $4 million for the author's next four novels. Meanwhile, Doubleday also had something to bark about. Its newest author is one C. Fred Bush, 11, four-legged companion of George and Barbara Bush. Due in April, C. Fred's Story: A Dog's Life, "edited slightly" by his mistress, will provide (for $11.95) a shin-rubbing view of the vice presidential household. C. Fred will donate all proceeds to charity...
Newer and lesser-known names are rising to prominence. One is Fred Iklé, 58, Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, a scholarly, low-voiced, pinstripe hawk who favors putting maximum pressure on the Sandinista regime. He has the ear of Weinberger, who according to Pentagon colleagues has been too preoccupied with budget matters and congressional relations to devote much personal attention to Central America. The Secretary is believed to allow Iklé and Deputy Assistant Secretary Nestor Sanchez to shape the Pentagon position that Weinberger presents at interagency meetings...