Word: caseys
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...William Casey, the current director of the agency, has decided not to follow their example. He has kept control of his investments, which may be worth as much as $3.4 million. Among his holdings: more than $250,000 in Superior Oil Co., which has contracts to drill oil in Abu Dhabi and mine platinum in South Africa and is negotiating to sell gas in Thailand...
Federal conflict of interest regulations, formulated in 1965, are very broad and merely require that officials avoid actions that "might result in or create the appearance of using public office for private gain." Says CIA General Counsel Stanley Sporkin: "There is no requirement that I know of for Casey to put his holdings in a blind trust." New York Democratic Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan offered a more backhanded defense, scoffing: "I would like to think that you could make a killing in the stock market just having the information the CIA does, but they know about as much as Forbes...
...ballpark into a computer that measured costs against income. The study, to appear next year in the Journal of Human Resources, showed that five of the top 14 players brought in nearly triple their annual salary in extra earnings for the owners. Yogi Berra probably never talked to Casey Stengel about his "marginal revenue product," but Yankee Owner George Steinbrenner undoubtedly understands. Says he: "You measure a ballplayer's value by how many fannies he puts in the seats...
...Making the trip, accompanied by 16 TIME editors, correspondents and company officers, were Robert Anderson, Chairman, Rockwell International Corp.; John R. Beckett, Chairman, Transamerica Corp.; James F. Beré, Chairman, Borg-Warner Corp.; Theodore F Brophy, Chairman, General Telephone & Electronics Corp.; Philip Caldwell, Chairman, Ford Motor Co.; Albert V. Casey, Chairman, American Airlines Inc.; Richard P. Cooley, Chairman, Wells Fargo & Co.; Donald W. Davis, Chairman, Stanley Works; Edwin D. Dodd, Chairman, Owens-Illinois Inc.; Myron DuBain, Chairman, Fireman's Fund Insurance Companies; Alexander Heard, Chancellor, Vanderbilt University; Henry J. Heinz II, Chairman, H.J. Heinz Co.; Matina S. Horner, President...
...What upsets me most is the Olin Lecture Series, not Mr. Casey specifically," Stefan Cluver, a junior and one of the students being charged said, adding, "What you have is an academic institution being used for political purposes...