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Former Taiwan President Lee Teng-hui allegedly created a secret slush fund to bribe foreign officials, according to the Washington Post, and companies like Peng’s Taiwan Transport Machinery were fronts for this secret campaign...
...never know, the Ad Board might have reconsidered its policy on expelling students who attempt to bribe their TFs with the profits from gambling on cockfights in the Adams junior common room...
...unconvincing. The college chaplain and former admissions tutor who told the reporter his money would talk, Rev. John Platt, is described by former students as devoted to their welfare and assiduous in touring state schools to encourage applications from bright kids without money. He wasn't seeking a bribe for himself, but worrying about Pembroke - which he cheerfully described as "poor as shit...
DIED. HOWARD CANNON, 90, World War II pilot turned Democratic Senator from Nevada who lost re-election in 1982 after Teamster members were accused--and later convicted--of offering him a bribe for helping to kill a bill deregulating the trucking industry; in Las Vegas. He insisted he was never approached for a quid pro quo, and he was never indicted...
...keep his place at the head of football's premier table. But in the past few weeks, he has appeared to be losing control over the house of FIFA. Soccer may be the beautiful game, but the body that governs it is riven with recrimination and infighting. Allegations that bribe money - of which Blatter denies any knowledge or involvement - helped him win the presidency in 1998 have refused to go away. And two weeks ago Blatter's opponents within FIFA sought and were granted an internal audit of FIFA's finances, believed to have been sapped by significant losses after...