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...used to carry out its covert operations all over the world. Owned by a holding company, the Pacific Corp., that was itself a CIA front, Doole's empire included Air America, Civil Air Transport, Southern Air Transport, Air Asia and dozens of small puddle-jumper lines. Together, at their peak in the mid '60s, these CIA "proprietaries" added up to an airline that was almost the size of TWA, employing nearly 20,000 people (as many as the CIA itself) and operating some 200 planes. Even the CIA was not sure just how many. Asked by then Deputy Director Helms...
Even though Crimson hurler Gerri Rubin wasn't in peak form yesterday--yielding seven hits over the course of the seven-inning contest--she settled down in the middle innings to stifle any Terrier comeback hopes...
...This team is doing just what you want a team to do, peak for the end of the season," Crimson Coach John Dooley said. "And we haven't really even peaked yet. Hopefully, this weekend we will...
...Heptagonals meet] is what we look to all season--it's much more important than any dual meet," Boyd continued. "I peak for this meet...
...arrest the few dissidents and human rights activists who are not already in labor camps or psychiatric hospitals. And - while the Soviet Union permitted a few more Jews to emigrate in 1985 than it did in 1984--1,140, vs. 896--Jewish emigration still lags far behind its peak year of 1979, when 51,320 Jews were allowed to leave...