Word: accountant
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...only Botha's victims who want to see him called to account: "The hit men from the old security forces who are serving prison sentences are outraged that they've had to take a fall while their leader has gotten away with it," says Hawthorne. Now the hit men want to see some crocodile tears...
...sixth year of a Democratic presidency ought to be a ripe hunting ground for G.O.P. candidates. The party holding the White House almost always gets trounced in midterm elections, on account of a thinning agenda and a sense that the best is over. But this year the trends aren't cooperating. The Republicans are running behind the Democrats in generic polls about the election, as much as 10% in some surveys. No one, especially the G.O.P., wants to be marketing scandal during the autumn. Better, as a Gingrich strategist put it, to intone, "'We have the papers; we're reviewing...
...expertise in penetrating foreign communications, Groat practically invited the FBI investigation that led to his arrest. A 13-year veteran who had worked on numerous covert operations overseas, Groat had been put on administrative leave in 1993 from his $70,000-a-year job on account of poor performance. After the CIA finally decided to let him go in 1996, prosecutors allege that Groat tried to get the agency to pay him more than $500,000 in hush money to keep him from passing to foreign governments the secrets he remembered. The agency refused to pay and eventually turned over...
...investor leaves Harvard Management Co., yet wins $500 million account from the University for new venture. Sweet
Columbia officials and Barro himself refused to confirm the account of deal published in Wednesday's New York Times,or to comment on the exact terms of the contract.Richard Clarida, chair of Columbia's EconomicsDepartment, would say only that the package wasenough to "encourage [Barro] to think aboutColumbia...