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...were no laws for exchanging information with international authorities about money laundering and that the resources devoted to tackling the problem were paltry. The country's laxity was underscored earlier this year during major political scandals in Germany. Investigators found that German politicians used Liechtenstein bank accounts to receive bribe money paid by the French oil giant Elf Aquitaine...
...understandable in the short term, Galinsky's research into teen attitudes toward work shows that kids who learn to do chores at home develop a strong work ethic for life. To get a kid to do a job he doesn't want to do, parents might be tempted to bribe him, but that can backfire. If your son can negotiate a price with you, good for him, but I feel strongly that kids should know they won't get paid every time they lift a finger...
HARRY BENSON, the second half of TIME'S photographic tag team, visited the vacationing Vice President on Figure Eight Island, N.C. Benson had to bribe an airline clerk to get a scarce seat, but it was worthwhile. Benson, who has been photographing Presidents since Eisenhower, says the Gore family was unusually comfortable together. "I never saw as much affection with Jackie and Jack [Kennedy] as I saw with Tipper...
...after another group, the Association for Competitive Technology, it got caught. I.G.I. investigators rented space in ACT's Washington building under a false name and had an intermediary offer the building's cleaning crew $1,200 for ACT's garbage. The janitors refused the offer and reported the attempted bribe...
Those who said they were ashamed to be Americans after the Immigration and Naturalization Service agents forcibly removed Elian Gonzalez from the home of his Miami relatives should be ashamed of themselves [NATION, May 1]. Were they proud when the family showered Elian with every imaginable bribe? Were they proud when the family demonized Elian's father, in a desperate attempt to keep the child in Miami? Were they proud of that heart-wrenching video of Elian demanding to stay in the U.S.? Until now, only Fidel Castro himself could have orchestrated such manipulation and brainwashing. BARRY BERGER Mission, Texas...