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...mature Carver doesn't have the same confidence in irony. The mature Carver admits his sin straight out; he almost implies that the power in his writing derives from that guilty, original theft. He begs for forgiveness, but he won't take it back or change his ways...
...lawsuit portrays the leadership of the 1.6 million- member union as a front for the Mafia. Organized crime, charged Giuliani, "has deprived union members of their rights through a pattern of racketeering that includes 20 murders, a number of shootings, bombings, beatings, a campaign of fear, bribery, extortion, theft and misuse of union funds...
...Louis warrant, the FBI indicated that its inquiry was aimed at finding evidence of bribery of public officials, conflict of interest, theft of government property, mail fraud, wire fraud, false statements and conspiracy to defraud the U.S. Whether any of those crimes can be proved against anyone remains to be seen. As rumors of impending indictments swept the beleaguered Pentagon, Carlucci took a calm view. He advised, "Let's not jump off the cliff before we find out what we're talking about here." That may take a while, but the timing could be awkward. If the Justice Department sticks...
More than a million lie-detector tests were given in the U.S. last year, 90% of them by private employers to their workers. Most polygraphs were for routine screening of job applicants or random testing for deterring theft. Last week the Senate passed a bill limiting the use of polygraphs in job screening for all workers except security guards and those with access to controlled substances. The new law was necessary, said Senator Edward Kennedy, to protect people from "20th century witchcraft . . . inaccurate instruments of intimidation." An employer could still test a worker reasonably suspected of wrongdoing. But the bill...
North, Poindexter, and two businessmen--Richard Secord and Albert Hakim--are charged in a 23-count indictment with conspiring to illegally divert profits from sale of arms to Iran to the Nicaraguan Contra rebels. Other counts involve obstruction of presidential and congressional investigations of the Iran-Contra affair, and theft of U.S. government property...