Word: agent
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...community and the nation at large. In response to these accusations, I ask: Is the study of political science, known here as government, "too political"? Are women's studies and Afro-American studies any more political than race and ethnic studies? Politics has always influenced academia, and as an agent of constructive change, it should continue...
...passengers, 11 crew members and four British Beetles. Oops, Beatles. On their first U.S. tour, the mop-topped, top pop wailers, John Lennon, 23, George Harrison, 21, Paul McCartney, 21, and Ringo Starr, 23, grinned amiably at the whole mad display. What was their secret? "A good press agent," chirped Ringo. (They have...
...decided to become an undercover agent after he got a tip that Wang had approached a dialysis center in New York City with an offer to provide its clients with human kidneys at a steep discount. Wang reportedly told doctors that he could, for a 25% fee, arrange for patients to receive a kidney transplant in China without what is often a two-year wait. Rather than go along with the deal, however, the physicians put Wang in touch with Wu, who rigged up a camcorder and posed as the center's director...
...signed two contracts with Wang and then arranged for the organ broker to meet someone he said was a member of the board, but who was really an FBI agent in disguise. This time both Wang and Fu were present, and according to the federal complaint, Wang "discussed the methods by which Chinese prisoners are executed." (Amnesty International says that if corneas are needed, prisoners are shot in the chest; those who are slated to donate kidneys are shot in the head.) Fu also guaranteed that any lungs would come from nonsmokers. After haggling a bit over the price...
...enthusiastic and though Patten signed a contract for $200,000, Murdoch took a dimmer view; a News Corp. statement said, "Murdoch did not agree with many of Patten's positions." Even though Macmillan Ltd. eagerly snapped up the book, Murdoch's decision could have a chilling effect. As one agent noted, "HarperCollins is not the only company trying to get a foothold in the Chinese market." Patten is suing for breach of contract...