Word: cashed
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...dressed in the firm's uniform and signed for the cash with a signature that also appeared on the master list the trust company uses to check the authenticity of its money carriers...
...movie "The Hustler" Paul Newman plays "Fast Eddie" Felson, who travels from town to town winning all the money by "shooting out the lights" when the cash is right...
...important force in winning political office in the U.S. is green power: the money required to publicize a candidate's views and persuade the voters that he is worthy of governing by their consent. Those who give the cash exercise a vital form of political expression: they provide a basic nourishment of democracy. "Money," says California Democratic Boss Jesse Unruh, "is the mother's milk of politics." Yet Americans remain deeply suspicious of the campaign spending essential to effective elections. They fear that political contributors buy political influence. They know that even the nation's greatest political...
...what they spent on his behalf. In fact, nobody has ever been prosecuted for evading the reporting rules. How could they be? Nobody checks or audits even the acknowledged expenses. As for banned contributions, companies can easily lend favored candidates their company planes or public relations experts and give cash through individual executives. And nothing stops individuals from $5,000 gifts (pros make it $3,000 to avoid gift-tax reports) to as many committees as they please. Meanwhile, unions give via so-called independent affiliates, such as the A.F.L.-C.I.O.'s Committee on Political Education, which...
What Might Be Done To reopen public office, on a legal and sensible basis, to able Americans of modest means requires far-reaching reforms-more incentives for small givers, public funds to equalize special-interest cash, and effective disclosure of just who is paying each office seeker's bills...