Why the KGB does not use polygraph tests
Dimitri K. Simes argues polygraphs fail on Russians, who lie naturally and train to defeat the machine. He says polygraphs misfire with dissidents and foreigners, offer little aid against seasoned spies, and should be reserved for late investigations. He warns against routine testing as a democratic rights issue and urges careful, limited use.
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Dimitri K. Simes
Soviet Union
Securty Conscous
KGB
Seare
United States
CIA
Vitaly Yurchenko
Tostrol
Carnegie Endowment For International Peace
Los Angeles Times
Food rules anger tenants in federal housing plans
Elderly renters in several states protest mandatory daily meals charged by landlords in subsidized apartments. A GAO survey found 7,000 residents in 9 projects must buy one meal per day, triggering complaints about budget strain and health. Court cases hinge on whether meals count as rent. HUD plans to publish guidelines while debates on exemptions continue.
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Washington
House Subcommittee On Housing and Community Development
Terpetrae
General Accounting Office
GAO
New York City
Randall Smith
Episcopalian Trinity Church
Wall Street
Smith
Vic Kolenc
Housing and Urban Development Department
Lanworas
California
Colorado
Minnesota
HUD
House
Senate
Quotes from Maryland General Assembly week opening
The opening week in Annapolis drew politicians and critics offering pointed remarks on the S and L crisis. Notable figures like Attorney General Sachs and Ralph Nader offered cautions and jests while Maryland leaders such as Cardin Steinberg and Denis weighed crisis handling and political impact.
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Maryland General Assembly
Annapolis
Stephen H Sachs
Sachs
Savings and Loan
Bereich
Steve
Ralph Nader
Circuit Court
Joseph HH. Kaplan
Ralph Old Boy
Frederick
James E .Doc
McClellan
S&l
Debatle
Wilbur D Preston Jr
Vesk
Dave
Sanctuary movement not immigration, letter writer argues
A reader rebuts Roy Meachum's Viewpoints column No Huddled Masses by separating the sanctuary movement from immigration. The letter describes sanctuary as aid for those fleeing terror, excluding violent or economically motivated entrants, and notes its focus on genuine refugees from Central America. Contact details for Helen Hollingsworth at the American Friends Service Committee are provided.
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Roy Meachum
Sanctuary Movement
Meachum
United States
Soviet Bloc
Flona
Maryland
Helen Hollingsworth
American Friends Service Committee
Baltimore
Loop trolley crash injures twenty in Hagerstown
A trolley on the Hagerstown and Frederick Railway jumped the East Fifth Street tracks delaying service about an hour. One passenger was thrown from a seat and 20 people were injured while Motorman Charles C Titlow worked to place the car back on the rails.
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Hagerstown
Rosenstock Nominated for 27th Year as Hose Co President
Frederick attorney Benjamin B. Rosenstock was nominated to serve as president of the Independent Hose Company for the 27th consecutive year. Others running unopposed were Robert Rinehart secretary Willard Horine treasurer and Robert Kennedy assistant treasurer. Bennett's Department Store at 123 North Market Street Frederick was sold to Shipley's Inc the building to be closed until February 1 for remodeling by the new owners. Marion A Rueth appointed head librarian of the Joseph Henry Apple Library Hood College succeeding Katharine E Dutrow who is retiring. A solarium is being established at Frederick Memorial Hospital with a 7200 gift from Western Maryland Trust Company to be used for patient convalescence.
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Franklin Roosevelt
Joseph Treat
Georgetown University
Reagan
Pentagon
Army
Air Force
Europe
House
Armed Services
Lenin
Soviet Union
United Press International
Preston
General Assembly
Winston Churchill
Churchill
Woody
Tom Handley
Homestate
Ohio
S&l Deporters
Own
Maryland
Melville S. Brown
Harry Hughes
Maryland Deposit Insurance Fund
MDIF
Harry
Mel Brown
Benjamin Cardin
House of Delegates
Senate
Benjamin B. Rosenstock
Frederick
Independent Hose Company
Robert Rinehart
Willard Horine
Robert Kennedy
Bennett's Department Store
N. Market St
Shipley's Inc
Marion A. Rueth
Joseph Henry Apple
Hood College
Randle Elliott
Hood
Katharine E. Dutrow
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Western Maryland ‘Trust Company
Carl V. Weakley
Hospital Building Fund Committee
College football ethics and academics at Michigan
Reader letters discuss college athletics as big business and the tension between winning and learning. While alumni pressure and win-at-all-costs culture press colleges, Michigan under Bo Schembechler emphasizes both national titles and graduation, noting only one of 100 players since 1981 left for academics.
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Dr. Wallace
Ken
McAllen
Texas
University of Michigan
Bo Schembechler
Michigan
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Jack Anderson
Joseph Spear
Bot
Reds Journal
Robert C. Reid
News
Ate
Melvin A
Mickey” Steinberg
Ben
Mickey
Montgomery County
Howard A. Denis
Tom Hattery
Cardin
Old Court S&l
Tom
Anzona
Robert Neal
Paris
Bobby
Congress
Hughes
U.S. Senate
C.J
Woodville Rd
Mount Alry
Berry's
Hea
George Shultz
News-Post
Supreme Court
T.B. Symons
State Extension Service
Works Progress Administration
Stephen C Cromwell
Fredenck
WPA
Frederick City
Wisner Street
B&o Avenue
Robert Wallace
D. Copley News Service
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