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Ancient perfume recipe linked to Moses in Exodus
The earliest known fragrance formula appears in Exodus 30 34 35 naming spic es stacte onycha galbanum and pure frankincense with equal weights to craft a perfume believed handed to Moses. The passage frames early perfumery as ritual anointing using specific aromatic ingredients.
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Frightening Drug Problem Facing All Military Services
A columnist warns that drug use is widespread in the armed forces with Navy and Marine Corps personnel showing high usage in Pentagon studies. The piece links high school drug trends to enlistment and urges action at homes, schools, churches, and police to curb youth substance abuse and protect national defense.
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Nimitz
Navy
Armed Services
Joseph Addabbo
Pentagon
Marine Corps
San Diego
Calif
Norfolk
Defense Department
Army
Air Force
SAC
Germany
National Institute On
The Impossible Mr Begin and Iraqs Nuclear Question
William F Buckley critiques Mr Begin and U S policy on Iraqs nuclear program. He argues the Iraqis pursued plutonium via a cheap reactor, cites Al Thawra propaganda, notes Iraq Israel hostility, and recalls 1964 proposals to bomb Chinese nuclear facilities as a guide to disarming small powers.
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Begin
Iraq
France
al Thawra
Baghdad
Red China
Audit on Defense consulting shows heavy contractor control
A GAO audit reveals serious and pervasive problems in the Defense Department’s nearly three billion dollar annual consulting business. It finds outside contractors shaping needs and performing in-house defense management, often replacing former Pentagon employees. Noted are sole source awards, repeated renewals, and numerous contracts with questionable value, including cases where in-house capability existed but work went to contractors tied to former officials.
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Washington
Defense Department
Pentagon
GAO
Office of
Army
Waste talks outpace action in Congress on HEW fraud
A 1978 warning from HEW Secretary Califano about seven billion dollars in waste prompts bills to cut funding, but Senate rejection, GAO findings, and CBO estimates show little progress. A proposed 2 percent budget withholding backfires, rewarding clever avoidance of waste. The columnist notes repeated inaction and self serving bureaucratic rhetoric. The author, identifying as a pacifist critic, concludes with a provocative aside about Mr Begin.
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Washington
CNF
Joseph Califano
U.S. Senate
Lebanon Front Line War Personalizes a Reporter Tale
A Washington journalist recounts joining Peter Grant near a Falangist outpost east of Beirut as shelling erupts. A 17 year old soldier named Jacques is wounded, tourniquet saved, and the group rushes to Beirut for care. The piece also notes a DIA report warning Iraq’s nuclear ambitions.
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Beirut
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Lebanon
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Mediterranean
U.S
Bekaa
Jacques
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