Word: bail
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...large part of the bank's liabilities stems from Rockefeller's high-minded conviction that the Chase should be a good corporate citizen. To help bail out New York City, the Chase bought more of the city's notes and bonds than any other bank did-$408 million, at last count. The city's dire financial condition makes these investments unattractive. The bank has also spent $731 million in REITs (for real estate investment trusts). Since real estate was particularly hard hit by the recession, nearly three-quarters of the Chase's REITs are either...
Everyone trying to enter the courtroom is scanned by electronic devices; there is a pat-down search by guards who also rummage through purses and briefcases; photographs are taken of each new visitor. All the defendants (except one who is on bail) are shackled at the ankles and wrists and are chained around the waist to chairs that are bolted to the floor-presumably to thwart escape attempts. Three TV cameras monitor everything in the court, and a bulletproof, multilayered, Plexiglas shield separates spectators from judge, jury, lawyers and defendants...
...arraignment, Jascalevich -who once said fellow doctors might be trying to "frame" him-pleaded not guilty and was released on $150,000 bail until his trial. Unless his license is lifted, he will probably continue to perform surgery at two other New Jersey hospitals, where he is considered a highly competent craftsman...
...Supreme Court invalidated the Federal Election Commission, it also threw a lot of presidential candidates into a financial limbo-they were unable to collect after March 22 the matching funds promised by the austere new campaign laws. With their cash-boxes rapidly emptying and no federal money to bail them out, a number of candidates dropped out of active campaigning. With crucial primaries coming up, Ronald Reagan has formally applied for $557,000 from...
...station house when a routine check showed she had failed to pay two traffic fines-negligence that is frowned on in California. Next, a search of her purse and the not-so-routine discovery of a tiny vial of cocaine. Lasser, who returned to work after posting $1,631 bail, faces penalties ranging from probation to ten years in prison if convicted of drug possession...