Word: bribe
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...employees in and out. Even tougher is Feisal's able younger brother Prince Sultan, his 41-year-old Defense Minister, who recently demanded that Feisal fire fully 75% of the ministry workers for tardiness after the long hajj (pilgrimage) holiday this spring. As for anyone found taking a bribe, Sultan says he will personally demand the culprit's execution...
...vice racket," the tutoring schools. It seemed that between two-thirds and three-quarters of all undergraduates used the course notes obligingly sold by the "cram parlors" rather than going to the bother of taking their own. Further, the CRIMSON revealed that some of the schools had tried to bribe University officials in order to get class lists and other information...
...pressing problems, from slum housing to rotting sewage pipes, were left to marinate in what the Omaha World-Herald called a "swamp of stagnation." Dworak's reign was marked instead by feuding with the police department, the mayor's indictment on charges of soliciting a $25,000 bribe (he was acquitted), an unsuccessful recall movement, and such ludicrous controversies as a hassle over the size of a G string worn by arrested Stripper Robin S. Hood. The Omaha Chamber of Commerce took special pains to see that delegations considering locating businesses in Omaha did not meet Dworak...
...voters' love for Boykin ran out in the 1962 Democratic primary. Five months after his defeat, he was charged with accepting a bribe in an attempt, as a Congressman, to persuade the Justice Department to go easy on a convicted savings-and-loan swindler.*He was found guilty, given a $40,000 fine and a six-month jail sentence, which was suspended because...
American Influence. Gift-giving practices vary-and so do the taboos. The trend in Britain, unlike the rest of Europe, is toward less expensive gifts because of new, more stringent tax laws on gift giving. In Finland, any gift exceeding $30 is considered a straight bribe, and in Sweden it is considered bad form to give liquor-the most popular gift in the rest of Europe. The Germans prefer gifts that can be used over and over, do not like conspicuous firm names or advertising messages. Very few firms in Europe forbid their employees to accept gifts...