Word: contract
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Unlike the Iran-contra investigation, another drawn-out federal probe was finally starting to produce results. Operation Ill Wind -- the two-year Justice Department inquiry into whether defense contractors bribed Pentagon officials for contract information -- blew in its first indictments and guilty pleas. Two defense contractors and nine men, including a middle-ranking Pentagon official, were hit with charges that include fraud, conspiracy, racketeering and bribery...
...California's Teledyne Industries paid Parkin and Lackner to obtain confidential information about Government procurement plans for a system to identify military aircraft. They in turn bribed Berlin to turn over the information. Parkin was also charged with paying Berlin to help New York's Hazeltine Corp. win a contract for a radar test device. Hazeltine and two of its executives pleaded guilty, as did a Teledyne employee. All are expected to testify against the other defendants...
Elizabeth A. McBride, the newly installed school committee chairperson who has opposed the plan in the past, said that "lawyers are still working on the contract and the indemnification issue is holding us up. Meetings have been called but nothing has been put before us. Right now we're at a standstill...
...Raynolds added that the way may be clear for approval of the plan. "I am told that the language of the contract concerning the seven issues we've raised about public disclosure have been changed in a way that will probably be satisfactory to us," Raynolds said. "The indemnification issue is holding...
...first time in his basketball career, frustration has led him this season to criticize his teammates' play publicly. Ironically, the premium that the Bulls pay for Jordan's services inhibits the club from acquiring other high-quality, and high-priced, talent. Jordan recently signed an eight-year contract with the Bulls worth some $25 million, making him the NBA's fourth highest-paid player...