Word: cashes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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From the marble columns of St. Peter's Square to the fabulous museum collections to the rumored trove of stocks it holds, the Vatican would seem to be the epitome of wealth. Last week, for the first time, the Holy See made a public accounting of its cash flow, in the form of a summary of expenses and income for 1986. The surprising news is that the ancient institution is gradually going broke...
Since the PTL affair, Swaggart, like many of his TV colleagues, has had to face sharply declining revenues. He doubled his organization's line of credit to $20 million, though a spokesman insists that indebtedness is minor compared with the assets of $112 million or more. Some cash will fund completion of $12.2 million worth of construction at the Jimmy Swaggart Bible College and an adjacent theological seminary that is supposed to open next fall. For Swaggart, the period of exile is likely to prove comfortable, since the nondenominational board that pays him is dominated by family members and friends...
...discovered a freshly dug tunnel less than 100 ft. from the prison cell near Mexico City that houses Rafael Caro Quintero, one of Mexico's most notorious traffickers. Preparations were made to move him to another building. Then a prison official received an envelope in the mail. It contained cash, pictures of his children and a description of their daily routine. Plans to transfer Caro Quintero were quietly dropped...
...state of Guerrero who earns $10 a day from his poppy field, $8 more than the agricultural farmers. "We have to live." In Sonora the tale is told of an up-and-coming trafficker, known as El Cejaguera (Blond Eyebrows), who visited several drought-stricken farms, handed the proprietors cash- stuffed envelopes, then disappeared without a word...
...about naughty doings among the Palm Beach rich : group sex, lesbian encounters and suggestions of unspeakable things performed with a bedside trumpet. All this was allegedly borne upon a flood tide of cocaine, Dom Perignon and money. The whole sordid story appears anew in Roxanne's latest attempt to cash in on her notoriety (previous ventures included posing nude, for $70,000, for Playboy). Readers in search of easy, sleazy entertainment, however, are in for a surprise. The narrative is shot through with the pain of any marital breakup, especially when small children are involved, and emerges as a feminist...