Word: cashes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Even in a football-crazy state, where a beefy nose guard can develop as big a following as any politician, Clements' confession proved startling. After a meeting of 17 S.M.U. governors, the new chairman reported that none had admitted knowing of any agreement merely to "phase out" the cash instead of cutting it off. The board voted that any member who had such knowledge must resign...
...former member of the S.M.U. board stepped forward to confirm that in 1985 Clements had said "it would take some unwinding" before the cheating could be stopped. Apparently a small group of the governors had agreed informally, without a full meeting or written record, that those players already getting cash should continue to do so but that no future players should be paid...
...when I'm sad, I want to spread my misery. Of course, now is when I should be feeling most sympathy with the people out on the streets—when I most hate my own moments out there. This cold time is when they most need my cold cash...
...full details of the Guinness scandal have not been revealed, but the investigation centers on the company's battle with Argyll Group, a Scottish supermarket chain, for control of Distillers. Both rivals had offered Distillers' shareholders a mix of stock and cash. During the contest, however, an unexplained flurry of trading raised the price of Guinness's shares. That boosted the value of Guinness's bid and helped it win Distillers. In the process, though, Guinness allegedly made large illegal purchases of its own stock and paid off other investors to do the same. Among those traders who may have...
...Balliet arrived in Murfreesboro, Tenn., "they pictured the places beside I-40 that say MASSAGE," she recalls. Today, though, it seems as if the whole town is beating a path to her table. Not just the doctors, lawyers and bankers, but the factory workers, farmers and handicrafters. Balliet takes cash for her services but occasionally accepts other down-home forms of payment: six dozen eggs, handwoven baskets, clothing. "Massage," she says, "has become a necessary part of their lives...