Word: committing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...faced machine gun fire like a wall of death," Sullivan said. "If you listen to the government, you'd believe Colonel North went to work every day and decided what kind of crime to commit in which meeting...
...January, 1968, a faculty committee headed by Professor of Government James Q. Wilson found that the University community was rapidly displacing local residents, and recommended that Harvard commit itself to creating new housing and recruiting workers from nearby city neighborhoods. The report also called for the creation of a new vice president for external affairs to handle the University's dealings with the city...
...twice been convicted on federal charges of sports bribery. In 1974 Perry was convicted in connection with a major New York betting scandal at Roosevelt and Yonkers raceways. He was sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison and fined $10,000. In 1984 Perry pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit sports bribery as part of the notorious Boston College point-shaving scheme. At the trial, recalls Edward McDonald, head of the Organized Crime Strike Force in Brooklyn, N.Y. Perry was referred to as Richie ("the Fixer") Perry...
...ever accused him of being a dirty player. Nor has anyone shown that his indiscretions affected his performance as an All-Star: in reality, after his affair was brought to light last year, Boggs hit a remarkable .380 (as opposed to .310 before). Even the trespasses that Boggs did commit seem almost trifling at a time when five football players at the University of Oklahoma alone are variously charged with gang rape, dealing in cocaine and assault with a deadly weapon...
Berlin, indicted in the investigation dubbed "Ill Wind," pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit bribery, receiving a bribe, wire fraud and making false statements. Teledyne Industries pleaded guilty to conspiracy and two counts of making false statements in connection with a contract with one of its divisions--Teledyne Electronics of Newbury Park, Calif.--worth about $24 million...