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...indictment that caught even insiders by surprise, Reagan Administration Interior Secretary James Watt today was charged with lying to federal authorities about more than $500,000 worth of consulting he did to help firms secure millions in Department of Housing and Urban Development funding. Watt faces a top penalty of up to five years in prison for each of 25 counts of perjury, unlawful concealment and obstruction of justice. The federal indictment charges that Watt -- who left Interior in 1983 -- lied to Congress and to a grand jury that was investigating the Reagan Administration HUD scandal, and withheld documents that...
...indictment that caught even insiders by surprise, Reagan Administration Interior Secretary James Watt today was charged with lying to federal authorities about more than $500,000 worth of consulting he did to help firms secure millions in Department of Housing and Urban Development funding. Watt faces a top penalty of up to five years in prison for each of 25 counts of perjury, unlawful concealment and obstruction of justice. The federal indictment charges that Watt -- who left Interior in 1983 -- lied to Congress and to a grand jury that was investigating the Reagan Administration HUD scandal, and withheld documents that...
GINNY LUI SITS UNDER A 100-WATT light bulb, studying spoons. The spoons have gone through eight full cycles in one or another of a battery of 20 dishwashers; Lui's task is to examine each one for telltale signs of dirt. If she detects a speck, she must then decide just what sort of speck she has spotted. Is it gritty? Is it "medium soil" or "heavy soil"? When she runs through all the spoons, Lui turns to plates and cups and knives and glasses that have been emptied from the dishwashers, making the same inspections and rendering...
...Harvard students, who were selected from a field of 800 applicants, have chosen to study at Oxford, Heriot-Watt and Edinburgh Universities...
...When they informed me of their decision, they told me by leaving a message on my answering machine," said Hong, who is concentrating in chemistry and physics and plans to study optoelectronics at Heriot-Watt University. "When I saw the blinking red light I knew what it was in reference to and I couldn't make myself take the message until later that night...