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Word: auditions (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...goes in a desperate suburban world, where the filling station operator is only too happy to pick up an over used credit card and turn it in for the reward, where an IRS audit can strain a marriage to the breaking point, where a grandfather must move in with his daughter because grandma has decided that she is a lesbian. The riposte to this rich variety of nonsense is for Lange, Curtin and Saint James to stage a heist. They decide to make off with the day's receipts of a shopping center, which are being displayed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Low Budget | 8/4/1980 | See Source »

Keeping income and outgo in their correct ledgers during Reagan's fund-raising tours may give his accountants ulcers and has prompted an almost continuous IRS audit. But there is no indication that Reagan has been doing anything improper, and dual-purpose trips are not unique in U.S. politics...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Reagan's Money Machine | 7/7/1980 | See Source »

...Booz, Allen & Hamilton Inc. to study possible management changes at the agency. Bond pointed out, accurately, that he had not violated any policy or law, and then blasted the GAO itself as a "menace." Said Bond: "They want to create a world in which there is a perfect audit trail for every Government action...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: The Unelected Government | 4/14/1980 | See Source »

...past energy-overcharge settlements, the Government did not publicly spell out the exact allegations against Amoco. It is believed that the DOE audit of the company's books revealed at least $100 million in excess selling prices. The remainder of the $690 million settlement resulted from both alleged overcharging and forbidden bookkeeping practices that enabled the company to run up costs faster than permitted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Amoco Pays Up | 2/25/1980 | See Source »

...informal probe into the compensation at Playboy. The company defended its chairman's perks, saying that the sex conglomerate's sales "are closely related to public recognition of its role in promoting a particular style of urban living." But last week the company's internal audit committee announced that Hefner and four other officers would have to repay $918,413 in improperly documented or unapproved expenses. Hefner's share...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Hutch Trouble | 2/25/1980 | See Source »

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