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A federal law enforcement source who asked not to be identified said the arrest was the result of a "sting" operation in which FBI agents kept under observation a prearranged meeting between the mayor and an unidentified friend in a downtown hotel, the Vista International, about six blocks from the...
To check the operation of a vague generality under fire, take the typical example, "Hume brought empiricism to its logical extreme." The question is asked, "Did the philosophical beliefs of Hume represent the spirit of the age in which he lived?" Our hero replies by opening his essay with "David...
Yet lack of prosecution means little in a country where the rich and powerful are perceived to be above the law. "It would take a first-class fool to testify against someone like Peping Cojuangco," explains Blas Ople, executive vice president of the opposition Nacionalista Party and a former Minister...
These details establish the absolutely typical Pynchon plot. An evil, well- organized and immensely powerful enemy sows "the merciless spores of paranoia" among a shaggy, lost group of drifting souls who find the real world threatening under the best of circumstances. The intended victims, not all of whom think too...
The skirmish came at a sensitive time for Shamir. Plans are under way for a meeting of Israeli, American and Egyptian foreign ministers to advance Shamir's proposal for elections in the occupied West Bank and Gaza. The Prime Minister's ulterior motive in attacking Weizman was to emphasize his...