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<s>
Rockwell
International
Corp.
's
Tulsa
unit
said
it
signed
a
tentative
agreement
extending
its
contract
with
Boeing
Co.
to
provide
structural
parts
for
Boeing
's
747
jetliners
.
<s>
Rockwell
said
the
agreement
calls
for
it
to
supply
200
additional
so-called
shipsets
for
the
planes
.
<s>
These
include
,
among
other
parts
,
each
jetliner
's
two
major
bulkheads
,
a
pressure
floor
,
torque
box
,
fixed
leading
edges
for
the
wings
and
an
aft
keel
beam
.
<s>
Under
the
existing
contract
,
Rockwell
said
,
it
has
already
delivered
793
of
the
shipsets
to
Boeing
.
<s>
Rockwell
,
based
in
El
Segundo
,
Calif.
,
is
an
aerospace
,
electronics
,
automotive
and
graphics
concern
.
<s>
Frank
Carlucci
III
was
named
to
this
telecommunications
company
's
board
,
filling
the
vacancy
created
by
the
death
of
William
Sobey
last
May
.
<s>
Mr.
Carlucci
,
59
years
old
,
served
as
defense
secretary
in
the
Reagan
administration
.
<s>
In
January
,
he
accepted
the
position
of
vice
chairman
of
Carlyle
Group
,
a
merchant
banking
concern
.
<s>
SHEARSON
LEHMAN
HUTTON
Inc
.
<s>
Thomas
E.
Meador
,
42
years
old
,
was
named
president
and
chief
operating
officer
of
Balcor
Co.
,
a
Skokie
,
Ill.
,
subsidiary
of
this
New
York
investment
banking
firm
.
<s>
Balcor
,
which
has
interests
in
real
estate
,
said
the
position
is
newly
created
.
<s>
Mr.
Meador
had
been
executive
vice
president
of
Balcor
.
<s>
In
addition
to
his
previous
real-estate
investment
and
asset-management
duties
,
Mr.
Meador
takes
responsibility
for
development
and
property
management
.
<s>
Those
duties
had
been
held
by
Van
Pell
,
44
,
who
resigned
as
an
executive
vice
president
.
<s>
Shearson
is
about
60%-held
by
American
Express
Co
.
<s>
Great
American
Bank
,
citing
depressed
Arizona
real
estate
prices
,
posted
a
third-quarter
loss
of
$
59.4
million
,
or
$
2.48
a
share
.
<s>
A
year
earlier
,
the
savings
bank
had
earnings
of
$
8.1
million
,
or
33
cents
a
share
.
<s>
For
the
nine
months
,
it
had
a
loss
of
$
58.3
million
,
or
$
2.44
a
share
,
after
earnings
of
$
29.5
million
,
or
$
1.20
a
share
,
in
the
1988
period
.
<s>
Great
American
said
it
increased
its
loan-loss
reserves
by
$
93
million
after
reviewing
its
loan
portfolio
,
raising
its
total
loan
and
real
estate
reserves
to
$
217
million
.
<s>
Before
the
loan-loss
addition
,
it
said
,
it
had
operating
profit
of
$
10
million
for
the
quarter
.
<s>
The
move
followed
a
round
of
similar
increases
by
other
lenders
against
Arizona
real
estate
loans
,
reflecting
a
continuing
decline
in
that
market
.
<s>
In
addition
to
the
increased
reserve
,
the
savings
bank
took
a
special
charge
of
$
5
million
representing
general
and
administrative
expenses
from
staff
reductions
and
other
matters
,
and
it
posted
a
$
7.6
million
reduction
in
expected
mortgage
servicing
fees
,
reflecting
the
fact
that
more
borrowers
are
prepaying
their
mortgages
.
<s>
Arbitragers
were
n't
the
only
big
losers
in
the
collapse
of
UAL
Corp.
stock
.
<s>
Look
at
what
happened
to
UAL
's
chairman
,
Stephen
M.
Wolf
,
and
its
chief
financial
officer
,
John
C.
Pope
.
<s>
On
a
day
some
United
Airlines
employees
wanted
Mr.
Wolf
fired
and
takeover
stock
speculators
wanted
his
scalp
,
Messrs.
Wolf
and
Pope
saw
their
prospective
personal
fortunes
continue
to
plummet
as
shares
of
UAL
,
United
's
parent
company
,
dived
$
24.875
on
the
Big
Board
to
close
at
$
198
.
<s>
Including
Monday
's
plunge
,
that
has
given
the
two
executives
paper
losses
of
$
49.5
million
,
based
on
what
they
would
have
realized
had
the
pilots
and
management-led
buy-out
of
UAL
gone
through
at
$
300
a
share
.
<s>
When
bank
financing
for
the
buy-out
collapsed
last
week
,
so
did
UAL
's
stock
.
<s>
Even
if
the
banks
resurrect
a
financing
package
at
$
250
a
share
,
the
two
executives
would
still
get
about
$
25
million
less
than
they
stood
to
gain
in
the
initial
transaction
.
<s>
Mr.
Wolf
owns
75,000
UAL
shares
and
has
options
to
buy
another
250,000
at
$
83.3125
each
.
<s>
In
the
$
300-a-share
buyout
,
that
totaled
about
$
76.7
million
.
<s>
By
yesterday
's
close
of
trading
,
it
was
good
for
a
paltry
$
43.5
million
.
<s>
Of
course
,
Mr.
Wolf
,
48
years
old
,
has
some
savings
.
<s>
He
left
his
last
two
jobs
at
Republic
Airlines
and
Flying
Tiger
with
combined
stock-option
gains
of
about
$
22
million
,
and
UAL
gave
him
a
$
15
million
bonus
when
it
hired
him
.
<s>
His
1988
salary
was
$
575,000
,
with
a
$
575,000
bonus
.
<s>
The
40-year
old
Mr.
Pope
has
n't
changed
jobs
enough
--
at
least
the
right
ones
--
to
stash
away
that
kind
of
money
.
<s>
United
paid
him
a
$
375,000
bonus
to
lure
him
away
from
American
Airlines
,
and
he
was
paid
a
salary
of
$
342,122
last
year
with
a
$
280,000
bonus
.
<s>
Mr.
Pope
owns
10,000
UAL
shares
and
has
options
to
buy
another
150,000
at
$
69
each
.
<s>
That
came
to
a
combined
$
37.7
million
under
the
$
300-a-share
buy-out
,
but
just
$
21.3
million
at
yesterday
's
close
.
<s>
Of
the
combined
$
114.4
million
the
two
men
were
scheduled
to
reap
under
the
buy-out
,
they
agreed
to
invest
in
the
buy-out
just
$
15
million
,
angering
many
of
the
thousands
of
workers
asked
to
make
pay
concessions
so
the
buy-out
would
be
a
success
.
<s>
United
's
directors
voted
themselves
,
and
their
spouses
,
lifetime
access
to
the
Friendly
Skies
--
free
first-class
travel
,
and
$
20,000
a
year
for
life
as
well
.
<s>
Conceivably
,
in
a
scaled-back
buy-out
,
they
could
be
bumped
back
to
coach
seats
for
life
.
<s>
Thomas
H.
Johnson
,
president
of
the
Coatedboard
division
of
Mead
Corp.
,
was
named
president
of
Manville
Forest
Products
Corp.
,
a
Manville
unit
,
and
senior
vice
president
of
Manville
Corp
.
<s>
Mr.
Johnson
succeeds
Harry
W.
Sherman
,
who
resigned
to
pursue
other
interests
,
in
both
positions
.
<s>
Manville
is
a
building
and
forest
products
concern
.
<s>
US
Facilities
Corp.
said
Robert
J.
Percival
agreed
to
step
down
as
vice
chairman
of
the
insurance
holding
company
.
<s>
``
There
was
a
difference
of
opinion
as
to
the
future
direction
of
the
company
,
''
a
spokeswoman
said
.
<s>
Mr.
Percival
declined
to
comment
.
<s>
In
a
statement
,
US
Facilities
said
Mr.
Percival
's
employment
contract
calls
for
him
to
act
as
a
consultant
to
the
company
for
two
years
.
<s>
He
will
also
remain
a
director
,
US
Facilities
said
,
but
wo
n't
serve
on
any
board
committees
.
<s>
Mr.
Percival
will
be
succeeded
on
an
interim
basis
by
George
Kadonada
,
US
Facilities
chairman
and
president
.
<s>
In
the
same
statement
,
US
Facilities
also
said
it
had
bought
back
112,000
of
its
common
shares
in
a
private
transaction
.
<s>
Terms
were
n't
disclosed
.
<s>
The
buy-back
represents
about
3
%
of
the
company
's
shares
,
based
on
the
3.7
million
shares
outstanding
as
of
Sept.
30
.
<s>
In
national
over-the-counter
trading
yesterday
,
US
Facilities
closed
at
$
3.625
,
unchanged
.
<s>
Three
leading
drug
companies
reported
robust
third-quarter
earnings
,
bolstered
by
strong
sales
of
newer
,
big-selling
prescriptions
drugs
that
provide
hefty
profit
margins
.
<s>
Merck
&
Co.
reported
a
25
%
increase
in
earnings
;
Warner-Lambert
Co.
's
profit
rose
22
%
and
Eli
Lilly
&
Co.
's
net
income
rose
24
%
.
<s>
The
results
were
in
line
with
analysts
'
expectations
.
<s>
Merck
&
Co
.
<s>
Merck
,
Rahway
,
N.J.
,
continued
to
lead
the
industry
with
a
strong
sales
performance
in
the
human
and
animal
health-products
segment
.
<s>
A
stronger
U.S.
dollar
reduced
third-quarter
and
first-nine-month
sales
growth
2
%
and
3
%
,
respectively
.
<s>
International
sales
accounted
for
47
%
of
total
company
sales
for
the
nine
months
,
compared
with
50
%
a
year
earlier
.
<s>
Sales
for
the
quarter
rose
to
$
1.63
billion
from
$
1.47
billion
.
<s>
Mevacor
,
Merck
's
new
cholesterol-lowering
drug
,
had
higher
sales
than
any
other
prescription
medicine
has
ever
achieved
in
the
U.S.
in
the
year
following
introduction
,
the
company
said
.
<s>
The
drug
was
introduced
in
West
Germany
this
year
.
<s>
Intense
competition
,
however
,
led
to
unit
sales
declines
for
a
group
of
Merck
's
established
human
and
animal-health
products
,
including
Aldomet
and
Indocin
.
<s>
In
New
York
Stock
Exchange
composite
trading
yesterday
,
Merck
shares
closed
at
$
75.25
,
up
50
cents
.
<s>
Warner-Lambert
Co
.
<s>
Warner-Lambert
,
Morris
Plains
,
N.J.
,
reported
sales
that
were
a
record
for
any
quarter
and
the
eighth
quarter
in
a
row
of
20
%
or
more
per-share
earnings
growth
.
<s>
Spurred
by
growth
in
world-wide
sales
of
the
company
's
prescription
drugs
,
Warner-Lambert
said
1989
will
be
the
best
year
in
its
history
,
with
per-share
earnings
expected
to
increase
more
than
20
%
to
about
$
6.10
.
<s>
Sales
for
the
quarter
rose
to
$
1.11
billion
from
$
1.03
billion
.
<s>
Prescription-drug
world-wide
sales
rose
9
%
in
the
quarter
to
$
340
million
;
U.S.
sales
rose
15
%
.
<s>
The
segment
's
growth
was
led
by
sales
of
the
cardiovascular
drugs
Lopid
,
a
lipid
regulator
,
and
Dilzem
,
a
calcium
channel
blocker
.
<s>
World-wide
sales
of
Warner-Lambert
's
non-prescription
health-care
products
,
such
as
Halls
cough
tablets
,
Rolaids
antacid
,
and
Lubriderm
skin
lotion
,
increased
3
%
to
$
362
million
in
the
third
quarter
;
U.S.
sales
rose
5
%
.
<s>
Confectionery
products
sales
also
had
strong
growth
in
the
quarter
.
<s>
World-wide
sales
of
Trident
gum
,
Certs
breath
mints
,
and
Clorets
gum
and
breath
mints
,
increased
12
%
to
$
277
million
.
<s>
Warner-Lambert
shares
closed
at
$
109.50
a
share
,
up
$
1.50
,
in
Big
Board
composite
trading
yesterday
.
<s>
Eli
Lilly
&
Co
.
<s>
Lilly
attributed
record
third-quarter
and
nine-month
results
to
world-wide
gains
for
pharmaceuticals
,
medical
instruments
and
plant-science
products
despite
poor
exchange
rates
for
the
dollar
that
slowed
sales
abroad
.
<s>
Earnings
continued
to
pace
sales
because
of
a
lower
tax
rate
,
profit
from
the
renegotiation
of
the
debt
instrument
received
from
Faberge
Inc.
in
connection
with
Lilly
's
sale
of
Elizabeth
Arden
Inc.
in
1987
,
and
net
proceeds
from
the
settlement
of
patent
litigation
at
Lilly
's
Hybritech
Inc.
unit
.
<s>
Third-quarter
sales
of
the
Indianapolis
,
Ind.
,
company
rose
11
%
to
$
1.045
billion
from
$
940.6
million
.
<s>
Nine-month
sales
grew
12
%
to
$
3.39
billion
from
$
3.03
billion
a
year
earlier
.
<s>
Sales
of
Prozac
,
an
anti-depressant
,
led
drug-sales
increases
.
<s>
Higher
sales
of
pesticides
and
other
plant-science
products
more
than
offset
a
slight
decline
in
the
sales
of
animal-health
products
to
fuel
the
increase
in
world-wide
agricultural
product
sales
,
Lilly
said
.
<s>
Advanced
Cardiovascular
Systems
Inc.
and
Cardiac
Pacemakers
Inc.
units
led
growth
in
the
medical-instrument
systems
division
.
<s>
Lilly
shares
closed
yesterday
in
composite
trading
on
the
Big
Board
at
$
62.25
,
down
12.5
cents
.
<s>
Reuben
Mark
,
chairman
of
Colgate-Palmolive
Co.
,
said
he
is
``
comfortable
''
with
analysts
'
estimates
that
third-quarter
earnings
rose
to
between
95
cents
and
$
1.05
a
share
.
<s>
That
compares
with
per-share
earnings
from
continuing
operations
of
69
cents
the
year
earlier
;
including
discontinued
operations
,
per-share
was
88
cents
a
year
ago
.
<s>
The
per-share
estimates
mean
the
consumer-products
company
's
net
income
,
increased
to
between
$
69.5
million
and
$
76
million
,
from
$
47.1
million
the
year-before
period
.
<s>
Analysts
estimate
Colgate
's
world-wide
third-quarter
sales
rose
about
8
%
to
$
1.29
billion
.
<s>
Mr.
Mark
attributed
the
earnings
growth
to
strong
sales
in
Latin
America
,
Asia
and
Europe
.
<s>
Results
were
also
bolstered
by
``
a
very
meaningful
''
increase
in
operating
profit
by
Colgate
's
U.S.
business
,
Mr.
Mark
said
.
<s>
Operating
profit
at
Colgate
's
U.S.
household
products
and
personal-care
businesses
jumped
25
%
in
the
quarter
,
Mr.
Mark
added
.
<s>
He
said
the
improvement
was
a
result
of
cost
savings
achieved
by
consolidating
manufacturing
operations
,
blending
two
sales
organizations
and
focusing
more
carefully
the
company
's
promotional
activities
.
<s>
The
estimated
improvement
in
Colgate
's
U.S.
operations
took
some
analysts
by
surprise
.
<s>
Colgate
's
household
products
business
,
which
includes
such
brands
as
Fab
laundry
detergent
and
Ajax
cleanser
,
has
been
a
weak
performer
.
<s>
Analysts
estimate
Colgate
's
sales
of
household
products
in
the
U.S.
were
flat
for
the
quarter
,
and
they
estimated
operating
margins
at
only
1
%
to
3
%
.
<s>
``
If
you
could
say
their
business
in
the
U.S.
was
mediocre
,
but
great
everywhere
else
,
that
would
be
fine
,
''
says
Bonita
Austin
,
an
analyst
with
Wertheim
Schroder
&
Co
.
<s>
``
But
it
's
not
mediocre
,
it
's
a
real
problem
.
''
<s>
Mr.
Mark
conceded
that
Colgate
's
domestic
business
,
apart
from
its
highly
profitable
Hill
's
Pet
Products
unit
,
has
lagged
.
<s>
``
We
've
done
a
lot
to
improve
-LCB-
U.S.
.
-RCB-
results
,
and
a
lot
more
will
be
done
,
''
Mr.
Mark
said
.
<s>
``
Improving
profitability
of
U.S.
operations
is
an
extremely
high
priority
in
the
company
.
''
<s>
To
focus
on
its
global
consumer-products
business
,
Colgate
sold
its
Kendall
health-care
business
in
1988
.
<s>
H.
Anthony
Ittleson
was
elected
a
director
of
this
company
,
which
primarily
has
interests
in
radio
and
television
stations
,
increasing
the
number
of
seats
to
five
.
<s>
Osborn
also
operates
Muzak
franchises
,
entertainment
properties
and
small
cable-television
systems
.
<s>
Mr.
Ittleson
is
executive
,
special
projects
,
at
CIT
Group
Holdings
Inc.
,
which
is
controlled
by
Manufacturers
Hanover
Corp
.
<s>
The
Boston
Globe
says
its
newly
redesigned
pages
have
a
``
crisper
''
look
with
revamped
fixtures
aimed
at
making
the
paper
``
more
consistent
''
and
``
easier
to
read
.
''
<s>
Maybe
so
--
if
you
can
find
where
your
favorite
writer
went
.
<s>
Beantown
scribes
,
who
spare
no
invective
when
taking
on
local
luminaries
such
as
Michael
``
Pee
Wee
''
Dukakis
,
or
New
England
Patriots
Coach
Raymond
``
Rev.
Ray
''
Berry
,
yesterday
poured
ridicule
on
new
drawings
of
Globe
columnists
that
replaced
old
photos
in
the
revamped
pages
this
week
.
<s>
By
late
last
night
,
Globe
Managing
Editor
Thomas
Mulvoy
,
bending
to
the
will
of
his
troops
,
scrapped
the
new
drawings
.
<s>
For
a
few
days
at
least
,
he
says
,
no
pictures
or
drawings
of
any
kind
will
adorn
the
columns
.
<s>
Trouble
was
,
nobody
thought
they
looked
right
.
<s>
Globe
columnist
Mike
Barnicle
--
in
the
second
attack
on
his
employer
in
as
many
weeks
--
averred
that
his
shadowy
countenance
was
so
bad
,
it
looked
``
like
a
face
you
'd
find
on
a
bottle
of
miracle
elixir
that
promises
to
do
away
with
diarrhea
in
our
lifetime
.
''
<s>
Mr.
Barnicle
reminded
readers
that
he
still
has
n't
forgiven
Globe
management
for
questioning
a
$
20
expense
chit
he
submitted
for
parking
his
car
while
chasing
a
story
.
<s>
``
I
thought
-LCB-
the
drawing
-RCB-
a
cross
between
someone
you
'd
spot
whipping
open
his
trench
coat
...
or
a
guy
who
boasted
he
'd
been
Charles
Manson
's
roommate
for
the
last
19
years
,
''
he
said
.
<s>
Mr.
Barnicle
was
hardly
kinder
to
the
renderings
of
colleagues
Michael
Madden
-LRB-
``
appears
to
be
a
pervert
''
-RRB-
,
Will
McDonough
-LRB-
``
looks
as
if
he
drove
for
Abe
Lincoln
''
-RRB-
or
Bella
English
,
whose
``
little
girl
now
screams
hysterically
every
time
she
sees
a
newspaper
.
''
<s>
Lynn
Staley
,
the
Globe
's
assistant
managing
editor
for
design
,
acknowledges
that
the
visages
were
``
on
the
low
end
of
the
likeness
spectrum
.
''
<s>
Rival
Boston
Herald
columnist
Howie
Carr
,
who
usually
rails
at
Statehouse
``
hacks
''
and
nepotism
,
argued
that
the
new
drawings
were
designed
to
hide
Mr.
Madden
's
``
rapidly
growing
forehead
''
and
the
facial
defects
of
``
chinless
''
Dan
Shaughnessy
,
a
Globe
sports
columnist
.
<s>
``
But
think
of
the
money
you
,
the
reader
,
will
save
on
Halloween
,
''
said
Mr.
Barnicle
.
<s>
``
Instead
of
buying
masks
for
your
kids
,
just
cut
out
the
columnists
'
pictures
...
.
<s>
Deeply
ingrained
in
both
the
book
review
``
Kissing
Nature
Good-bye
''
by
Stephen
MacDonald
-LRB-
Leisure
&
Arts
,
Sept.
27
-RRB-
and
the
books
reviewed
is
the
assumption
that
global
warming
is
entirely
a
result
of
human
activity
.
<s>
Is
such
a
view
justified
?
<s>
In
the
absence
of
humans
,
would
the
Earth
enjoy
a
constant
climate
over
the
long
term
?
<s>
Clearly
not
.
<s>
About
20,000
years
ago
the
last
ice
age
ended
.
<s>
Enormous
ice
sheets
retreated
from
the
face
of
North
America
,
northern
Europe
and
Asia
.
<s>
This
global
warming
must
have
been
entirely
natural
--
nobody
would
blame
it
on
a
few
hundred
thousand
hunter-gatherers
hunting
mammoths
and
scratching
around
in
caves
.
<s>
Furthermore
,
no
bell
has
yet
rung
to
announce
the
end
of
this
immense
episode
of
natural
global
warming
.
<s>
It
is
probably
continuing
and
may
well
account
for
most
of
,
or
all
of
,
present-day
global
warming
.
<s>
I
bow
to
no
one
in
my
regard
for
our
terrestrial
heritage
,
but
if
we
are
serious
about
global
warming
we
must
look
at
the
big
picture
and
not
allow
the
Dominant
Culture
to
lock
us
into
the
capitalist-exploiters-greedy-American-consumers-global
-
warming
scenario
as
the
sole
model
for
discussion
.
<s>
Jocelyn
Tomkin
Astronomy
Department
University
of
<s>
The
Internal
Revenue
Service
plans
to
restructure
itself
more
like
a
private
corporation
.
<s>
In
addition
,
the
tax-collecting
agency
says
that
it
will
take
the
unusual
step
of
looking
to
the
private
sector
to
fill
two
new
high-level
positions
to
guide
the
120,000-employee
agency
:
a
comptroller
to
oversee
daily
finances
and
a
chief
information
officer
to
update
the
information
system
,
which
includes
probably
the
largest
computer
data
base
in
the
world
.
<s>
The
IRS
also
said
that
it
would
create
the
position
of
chief
financial
officer
,
who
will
be
hired
from
within
the
agency
.
<s>
IRS
Commissioner
Fred
T.
Goldberg
said
the
changes
are
intended
to
bring
``
accountability
''
to
the
agency
,
which
has
an
annual
budget
of
more
than
$
5
billion
and
collects
about
$
1
trillion
a
year
.
<s>
``
My
assessment
and
everyone
's
assessment
is
that
we
do
not
have
the
kinds
of
information
that
let
us
responsibly
and
effectively
formulate
and
execute
our
budget
,
''
Mr.
Goldberg
said
.
<s>
``
And
we
do
n't
have
internal
controls
and
discipline
that
we
need
to
have
to
spend
$
5
billion
properly
.
''
<s>
Mr.
Goldberg
,
who
took
over
as
head
of
the
IRS
in
July
,
has
been
disturbed
by
what
he
considers
the
inefficiency
,
waste
and
lack
of
coordination
among
the
branches
of
the
vast
federal
agency
.
<s>
The
IRS
operates
on
a
computer
system
designed
in
1961
,
which
it
has
been
trying
to
modernize
for
years
.
<s>
And
the
agency
,
which
operated
throughout
fiscal
1989
with
a
$
360
million
budget
shortfall
,
has
been
under
a
hiring
freeze
since
last
fall
.
<s>
The
new
commissioner
says
that
closer
scrutiny
of
how
the
agency
uses
its
resources
will
go
a
long
way
toward
enhancing
its
ability
to
collect
more
tax
revenue
.
<s>
``
I
think
that
you
will
see
a
significant
improvement
in
the
budget
formulation
and
execution
process
which
,
in
turn
,
I
believe
will
result
in
a
significant
increase
in
revenue
,
''
he
said
.
<s>
The
IRS
hopes
to
fill
the
new
positions
soon
.
<s>
Customarily
,
it
would
appoint
career
civil
servants
from
within
the
agency
,
but
Mr.
Goldberg
said
he
plans
to
``
scour
the
world
''
for
the
chief
information
officer
and
the
comptroller
.
<s>
Although
the
jobs
will
probably
pay
between
$
70,000
and
$
80,000
a
year
,
IRS
officials
are
confident
that
they
can
attract
top-notch
candidates
from
the
private
sector
.
<s>
``
You
're
telling
someone
they
can
spend
the
next
three
or
four
or
five
or
six
years
of
their
life
bringing
about
the
most
difficult
and
costly
modernization
of
an
information
system
on
the
civil
side
ever
,
''
Mr.
Goldberg
said
.
<s>
``
On
the
comptroller
side
,
you
're
developing
and
making
work
financial
controls
governing
a
$
6
billion
budget
.
<s>
When
Maj.
Moises
Giroldi
,
the
leader
of
the
abortive
coup
in
Panama
,
was
buried
,
his
body
bore
several
gunshot
wounds
,
a
cracked
skull
and
broken
legs
and
ribs
.
<s>
They
were
the
signature
of
his
adversary
,
Panamanian
leader
Manuel
Antonio
Noriega
.
<s>
The
rebel
officer
's
slow
and
painful
death
,
at
the
headquarters
of
Panama
's
Battalion-2000
squad
,
was
personally
supervised
by
Gen.
Noriega
,
says
a
U.S.
official
with
access
to
intelligence
reports
.
<s>
Leaping
into
rages
,
sinking
into
bouts
of
drunkenness
and
mistrust
,
Mr.
Noriega
has
put
to
death
some
70
of
his
troops
involved
in
the
coup
,
according
to
U.S.
officials
monitoring
crematoriums
and
funeral
parlors
in
Panama
City
.
<s>
He
is
now
changing
the
place
he
sleeps
every
night
,
sometimes
more
than
once
a
night
.
<s>
His
meals
are
most
often
prepared
by
women
he
trusts
--
his
full-time
mistress
,
Vicky
Amado
,
and
her
mother
,
Norma
.
<s>
And
he
is
collecting
the
names
of
those
who
telephoned
the
coup-makers
to
congratulate
them
during
their
brief
time
in
control
of
his
headquarters
.
<s>
More
enemies
to
be
dealt
with
.
<s>
In
the
two
weeks
since
the
rebellion
,
which
the
U.S.
hesitantly
backed
,
Mr.
Noriega
has
been
at
his
most
brutal
-
and
efficient
-
in
maintaining
power
.
<s>
Yet
,
while
the
failed
coup
is
a
major
U.S.
foreign
policy
embarrassment
,
it
is
merely
the
latest
chapter
in
a
byzantine
relationship
between
Mr.
Noriega
and
Washington
that
stretches
back
three
decades
.
<s>
America
's
war
on
the
dictator
over
the
past
two
years
,
following
his
indictment
on
drug
charges
in
February
1988
,
is
the
legacy
of
that
relationship
.
<s>
Before
American
foreign
policy
set
out
to
destroy
Noriega
,
it
helped
create
him
out
of
the
crucible
of
Panama
's
long
history
of
conspirators
and
pirates
.
<s>
For
most
of
the
past
30
years
,
the
marriage
was
one
of
convenience
.
<s>
In
1960
,
for
example
,
when
Mr.
Noriega
was
both
a
cadet
at
an
elite
military
academy
in
Peru
and
a
spy-in-training
for
the
U.S.
Defense
Intelligence
Agency
,
he
was
detained
by
Lima
authorities
for
allegedly
raping
and
savagely
beating
a
prostitute
,
according
to
a
U.S.
Embassy
cable
from
that
period
.
<s>
The
woman
had
nearly
died
.
<s>
But
U.S.
intelligence
,
rather
than
rein
in
or
cut
loose
its
new
spy
,
merely
filed
the
report
away
.
<s>
Mr.
Noriega
's
tips
on
emerging
leftists
at
his
school
were
deemed
more
important
to
U.S.
interests
.
<s>
From
that
point
on
,
the
U.S.
would
make
a
practice
of
overlooking
the
Panamanian
's
misadventures
.
<s>
The
U.S.
has
befriended
and
later
turned
against
many
dictators
,
but
none
quite
so
resourceful
.