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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Well then, who had? Citing similar incidents in the past, knowing Saigonese suggested that the CIA might have used expert forgers as a means of punishing the corrupt minister, who was scarcely in a position to complain. All a forger would need in such a case would be an authentic check and a signature with which to practice, or the cipher code of a numbered account. Once that is provided, Swiss banks cash checks for almost any amount with few questions asked. As one banker put it last week...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: Bilking the Bilker | 10/2/1972 | See Source »

...possible legal tangle which could have delayed the new operation disappeared when Gordon agreed to let HSA out of its contract. "Technically, Gordon could have held us to one more year," Ryan said. "But they didn't complain, probably because they thought we would fail...

Author: By Steven Luxenberg, | Title: HSA Consolidates, Founds Own Linen Service | 9/22/1972 | See Source »

Voters often complain that their choice in an election boils down to selecting the lesser of two evils. But pity the voters of Elizabeth, N.J., where four candidates are running for mayor. One hopeful, Republican Matthew Nilsen, was indicted by a county grand jury on nine counts of threatening to kill or atrociously assault two men who apparently owed him $65,000. A second, Democrat Michael DeMartino, was charged with trying to extort $3,000 from a tavern owner by misusing his authority as a member of the city's alcoholic beverage control board. Last week it was revealed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: Some Choice | 9/18/1972 | See Source »

...often, Goodman is a flinty patriarch who seems to live by his own view that the conductor is seen, but the timpanist is heard. Mengelberg? "Very quirky and picky. He would rearrange the orchestra when he guest-conducted and put the percussion all the way in front, and then complain that the brasses were too loud." Dimitri Mitropoulos? "He did some very exciting things, but he let the Philharmonic deteriorate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Ruffs and Drags | 9/18/1972 | See Source »

...back what they put into the fund, in addition to 5% interest, plus another 2% per year, which is supposed to represent their share of the profits (reserve officers, drafted for 18 months, are forced to pay out 5% of their wages but get nothing back). The regular officers complain that Turkey's roaring inflation is chewing into their involuntary savings. They also complain that the amount of money they get back is inadequate because it does not reflect the growing value of the fund's assets, which are now worth an estimated $300 million. Military officials...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TURKEY: The Army Conglomerate | 9/11/1972 | See Source »

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