Word: bribe
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Seat? The proposition, Wagner explained, was reported to him by Tammany Hall's Jones, and had been corroborated by Weinstein and O'Rourke. Asked by Chairman Grumet if he still considered this a "bribe," as he had stated publicly, Wagner replied: "It smacks...
...secretary had approached him in an extradition case. The man under extradition proceedings was a Montreal racketeer wanted in the U.S. for trial on charges of Mafia-linked narcotics smuggling. The lawyer, who was working for the U.S. Justice Department, accused the immigration aide of offering a $20,000 bribe and the others of pressuring him to agree to let the racketeer get out of jail on bail...
Gleeful Republicans pounced on Wagner's words, demanded a full investigation before the State Commission of Investigation, where Wagner detailed the offer, which he had indignantly described as "tantamount to a bribe...
...inspection trip he had been repeatedly arrested by leaders of the rebels' own youth wing, the Jeunesse, who "would not respect my rank." One loutish Jeunesse captain even threatened to have his fraternal superior executed for "troublemaking," until the major paid him a 3,000-franc ($20) bribe...
...former councilor. The logic which demands that the Council be abolished when its members come under a cloud presumably should have called for the abolition of the State Police after its commissioner was indicted, but that has not happened. Furthermore, since it takes two to give a bribe, one can hardly expect that the practice of buying one's appointment will cease just because the storekeeper has changed. The Council, a body without any responsibility, should have been abolished, with its functions given to the Senate, which can confirm appointments in a responsible manner. But since the people were under...