Word: handly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...other hand, the agency seemed to have fearlessly bitten the hand that feeds it. The Congress had appropriated about $3 million for FBI undercover operations in the past year, and it now appears that the FBI, in an ironic way, returned some of that money to a few greedy members of Congress. Nevertheless, the "entrapment" issue and the massive and apparently deliberate leaks to the press were all legitimate topics of ethical concern and growing controversy (see ESSAY...
...Lebanon or the United Arab Emirates, the impostor set up temporary residence in a 62-ft. yacht that docked in several posh Florida marinas. As the flag vessel of the FBI'S secret fleet, the cruiser, seized by customs officials from marijuana smugglers, was first named the Left Hand and later the Corsair. "It gleamed with the predictable varnished parquet decks, teak paneling-and a wide variety of eavesdropping and recording devices. The landlubberly FBI crew who manned it, however, promptly blew out one of its engines-and thereafter pretended to be in great fear of punishment from...
Luncheon guests trickle in, the first an hour before Reagan is scheduled to arrive. The master of ceremonies begins the proceedings by pointing out luminaries; the biggest hand for the chairman of the East Longmeadow Republican Town Committee. Reporters, most of them from local radio stations, stand attentively in the roped-off press area, their secret service badges pinned on conspicuously, so all can know they are members of the "Press Corps." The Secret Service men don't have much to do--hostility looks beyond the emotional range of most of those occupied with the turkey roll. So they talk...
Another student, a freshman facing her first exams, panicked the night before her chemistry final. After cutting her wrist with a razor blade, she broke a window with her bare hand. She, too, recovered...
Officials at Mobil, on the other hand, argue that they are not given enough opportunity in the broadcast media to present their points of view. "It's important to see to it that some views, which should be understood, are indeed brought to the public for recognition, for them to digest," says DeNigro. "It's the idea of creating dialogue," dialogue not fostered by television stations...