Word: bribes
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...castrated; in Sheba, Baby she impales a yacht-owning white mobster who has been intimidating black businesses. In Jackie Brown Grier's character is motivated by necessity and money lust; she's a bagman for a crook, and at one point a cop turns down her offer of a bribe. She's no longer a hero, merely a protagonist...
...Bliss may have been held because Qualcomm failed to pay a bribe. The arrest may also have been a political move by provincial FSB officers wanting to show the West who was boss...
Marv copped his plea bargain at a point in the trial when many legal experts felt he was on his way to acquittal. The defense had just presented evidence that Perhach had attempted to bribe a cab driver to get him to make damaging claims about Marv. The credibility of Marv's accuser was thus finally cast into appropriate doubt. When Marv finally did decide to throw in the towel, it came after a witness testified about a past sexual-encounter, during which she claimed he wore women's lingerie and a garter belt. Therefore, Marv's plea can accurately...
...whole lot of the newfound restraint. The New York Post and Daily News tabloids reported from the courtroom that Marv allegedly liked group sex and sometimes wore women's underwear, that his alleged victim preserved evidence of oral sex, that the same alleged victim might have tried to bribe a cab driver to give false testimony, and many other details of this signficant tale. USA Today has three stories in Wednesday's edition. The wire services are carrying family versions of the story. CNN broadcasts some of the trial live. Trash lives. Knowing TIME Daily's users allegedly...
...subject. It was true there were many bills to pay, and there would be no bonuses from this mission. Unlike their American counterparts, Russian cosmonauts are paid bonuses when they do something right. A successful orbital flush, for instance, could mean a down payment on a toaster or a bribe for a telephone, while a high-profile docking could send a child through college. Larissa wasn't sure whether there were corresponding disincentives for failure, but she (and of course the neighbors) couldn't help noticing how vague Vasily had been on the subject of who had accidentally disconnected...