Word: bargainer
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...possibly to direct suspicion away from himself. Last week the 15-month investigation against Hofmann came to a close when he pleaded guilty to reduced charges of second-degree murder in the bombings and to two counts of theft by deception for selling forged or nonexistent documents. The plea bargain allowed Hofmann, 32, to avoid the death penalty, but he was given a sentence of five years to life in prison, and Judge Kenneth A. Rigtrup recommended that Hofmann remain incarcerated "for the rest of your natural life...
...part of his plea bargain, Hofmann is to provide a full explanation of his scams. Perhaps the confession will untangle the web of confusion that has plagued the Mormons since Hofmann first began peddling his forgeries. The church is not likely to recover quickly from this painful and discomfiting episode...
...Ghorbanifar but eventually were outmaneuvered by the agency's Middle East operations officers, who waged a campaign to discredit the Iranian. Once Ghorbanifar was cut out of the delicate negotiations and the operatives at the Iran desk had prevailed in their efforts to have the U.S. bargain directly with Iranian officials, the whole enterprise went sour. Infuriated, Ghorbanifar then urged an Iranian faction to leak the story of the whole sorry affair...
Even outside Washington, a number of influential experts feel the U.S. would do well to sharpen up its haggling skills. Says Morgan Guaranty's De Vries: "A very tough trade policy is needed." The U.S., he argues, should bargain for greater reciprocity in trade agreements with Japan, as well as a further opening up of that country's markets to goods from third countries...
Seymour Krelborn (Rick Moranis) is a skid row nerd, languishing in Mushnik's Flower Shop. He loves the tramp goddess Audrey (Ellen Greene), but she too willingly suffers the bondage and discipline of the notorious Orin Scrivello, D.D.S. (Steve Martin). Not until Seymour strikes a Faustian bargain with a talking plant he calls Audrey II does our hero find the girl of his dreams. And the killer vegetation of his most festering nightmares...