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Word: chai (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Feldvebel, Kent R. Markus, chairman of the Law School Council, and Chai R. Feldblum, president of Student Funded Fellowships, wrote letters to the faculty urging the forgiveness provision, and members of the Alliance for Better Legal Education, another law student group, organized direct lobbying of professors...

Author: By Charles T. Kurzman, | Title: Law School OK's Loans For Low-Paid Students | 12/5/1983 | See Source »

...niitzliche Abgabe (useful contribution). In France, where there is veritas in the vino, a payoff is called a pot-de-vin or jug of wine. The Italians refer to a bribe as a bustarella (little envelope). Under-the-table payments in East Africa go by the sobriquet chai, Swahili...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mum's the Word | 3/16/1981 | See Source »

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