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...kept in the dark about Irangate, because Casey had done the same thing to him on several plots. In any case, Inman said, "I am not a very good No. 2, so my year at the Defense Intelligence Agency and my 18 months at the CIA were not the happier times of my career." In the 1980s he headed a computer-technology venture and a defense-contractor company in Austin, Texas. Neither was a great success, but no one blamed him. Now he wants to bring the "best business practices" to the Pentagon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Don't Call Him Bobby Ray: Portrait of an Operator | 12/27/1993 | See Source »

...think or write about music; accurate reviews share the pocket-sized spaces with graphics approrpriated from Victorian magazines and with offbeat autobiographical bits (like "Out of the Way First Names: A History of People"). Write to P O Box 649, Cambridge, MA 02138; you may be a slightly happier person after reading Tim's zine, which is more than I can say for my own work. See you next year...

Author: By Steve L. Burt, | Title: One Chord Wonder | 12/9/1993 | See Source »

What you learned during that meal was very interesting, but not surprising: everyone at the table was the oldest kid, the achiever. You also learned that everyone's younger sibling is having much more fun. The younger siblings are happier, freer, cooler, more frequently drunk, than we ever were in high school...

Author: By Molly B. Confer, | Title: Hey, Mom! FM's Bugging Me! | 11/12/1993 | See Source »

When a U.S. Attorney announced that a second grand jury would be digging deeper into House Ways and Means Chairman Dan Rostenkowski's involvement in a stamps-for-cash scam, it seemed like bad news for Rosty. In fact, it appears his defense team couldn't be happier: sources in the U.S. Attorney's office had promised an October indictment, but now it's unclear when an indictment will come. Furthermore, former House postmaster Robert Rota has changed his story, and some of his testimony is in question...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Informed Sources: Nov. 1, 1993 | 11/1/1993 | See Source »

Under the current program, administrators' lack of interest in vigorously adapting to the constantly changing needs of incoming classes can result in serious flaws in the curriculum. Though accommodating everyone is probably impossible, there are ways to make most students happier with the writing program...

Author: By Evan P. Cucci, | Title: Escape From Expos | 10/26/1993 | See Source »

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