Word: commissioners
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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When the casinos finally came, they caught both the city and the state completely unprepared. Then Governor Brendan Byrne was so intent on keeping casinos out of the hands of organized crime that much of his energy went into developing a body of law and a bureaucracy that would do...
The Bank of Crete scandal involves allegations by the bank's owner, George Koskotas, that he systematically looted the Athens-based institution of some $210 million, and then distributed much of the money to high-ranking members of the Socialist Party (PASOK), including the Prime Minister. The commission said it...
Vyron Polydoras, the secretary of the commission investigating the Koskotas charges, told TIME that while the case is not open and shut, "events point to Papandreou." The PASOK members on the commission had a different assessment. They issued a minority report saying the evidence was insufficient and "fabricated." Papandreou denounced...
Papandreou was also accused by a second commission of running an extensive wiretapping operation out of the headquarters of the Greek secret service. According to the report, he routinely snooped on political opponents, journalists, even members of his own Cabinet.
Her domestic policies guaranteed her a larger audience than Norway's 4.2 million people. But what really hurled her center stage was her appointment as chairman of the U.N. commission on the environment in October 1984. Nine hundred days later, the commission released what has come to be known as...