Word: bribe
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...would vote for his opponent, bid $16 for every Moslem election card-without which no one could vote. Another candidate said he was offered $7,000 to quit the race for the less than $6,000-a-year Deputy's job. With pay so small, why was the bribe so high? Explained one candid hopeful: "Any Deputy is sure to be invited to become a bank director-at $4,000 a year. Also, there's always the wayward young man whose parents will pay $1,500 to spring him from jail. And then a Deputy gets immunity from...
...amuck. Raging through the streets, shouting demands for the resignation of President Syngman Rhee, the rioters sacked Masan's city hall, the local offices of Rhee's Liberal Party, the home of Masan's mayor and a brewery that a local pol allegedly received as a bribe for switching his support to Rhee in the elections...
...Well before I start, let me tell you the code. You never bribe. This is pretty important, actually"--he felt the listeners to be his disciples--"because bribing leads to paying for dances...
Throughout much of history, diplomats were considered several cuts below highwaymen and only slightly above strolling actors and gypsies. At the sight of a diplomat, a prince might well lock up his papers, his money and his women. In Machiavelli's time, an ambassador was expected to bribe a ruler's servants, seduce his wife and, in a pinch, kill him. As late as the 17th century, a member of the House of Commons seen talking to a foreign diplomat might lose his seat. If such distrust lingers today, it is probably because a great many governments...