Word: conflict
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Vietnam War was fought "in country" in that the battlefield of that conflict was the entire countryside of Vietnam. Veterans of the war referred to their time spent "in country" as a way of separating their experiences in the war from their lives in "the world"--the term they used to refer to their homes back in America...
Indeed, what are the University's conflict-of-interest requirements? These are questions that must be answered...
Next, why is it not a conflict of interest for Harvard officials to sell data--apparently obtained through their Harvard posts and processed on Harvard equipment--back to the University and other schools...
...chargeable offense" after Bradley's phoning the city treasurer last March on behalf of a bank that employed him as an outside "adviser" led to a city deposit of $2 million. The city attorney also filed a civil suit accusing Bradley of failing to disclose on city conflict of interest forms six investments totaling up to $420,000. Bradley now faces the prospect of stiff civil penalties as well as continuing investigations into his financial affairs...
...major conflict was over financing. The father was cautious, the son a plunger. Says Ingersoll: "He was still thinking in hundreds of thousands when I was thinking in millions. He never really understood the fungibility of debt and equity." Later, capital for some deals was assembled by indicted Drexel junk-bond financier Michael Milken, whom Ingersoll regards as a close friend. Says media analyst John Morton of Lynch Jones & Ryan in Washington: "From all we can learn, the company is healthy, although heavily leveraged. The small papers are cash cows. I admire him for taking this risky venture...