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There was something about the scheme that just did not compute. Under a recent contract between the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development and the U.S. prison system, 45 inmates at the Federal Correctional Institution in Lexington, Ky., were set to work entering data from thousands of applications for FHA insurance into a computer. But Beverly Hirsch, 36, who is serving a 40-year sentence for credit-card and check fraud, was surprised to see that some forms carried not only information on applicants' income and debts, but their bank-account and credit-card numbers as well. "The information...
...late as mid-June -- Jordan is one of only a handful of NBA players who truly seem to enjoy themselves. Jordan plays as if what he calls "the best job in the world" might be gone tomorrow. He even has a "love of the game" clause written into his contract, which allows him to play basketball anytime, and anywhere, the urge strikes, especially on the playgrounds back home in North Carolina...
...government may be called national unity, but it will lean distinctly to the right. Both parties agreed to strict limits on the steps Israel would take toward peace. In a nine-page coalition contract, Likud and Labor flatly rejected recent proposals in P.L.O. chairman Yasser Arafat's peace campaign, saying the Israeli government "will not negotiate with the P.L.O." Instead, the pact reiterated Likud's long-standing call for direct talks with Israel's Arab neighbors, such as Jordan, and adopted Labor's offer to include non- P.L.O. Palestinians who live in the occupied territories. "We must do everything...
...GOLDEN PARACHUTE Gerald Tsai, head of the Primerica financial-services firm, grabbed $40 million in severance when he sold the company, whose holdings include the brokerage firm Smith Barney, to Commercial Credit Group. Part of Tsai's deal: 120 hours free use of the corporate jet and a consulting contract that will pay him additional income for time he spends working in the office on his yacht...
...there were sighs of relief at AT&T, there were whoops of joy at the Kansas City headquarters of U.S. Sprint. Last week the two companies landed the biggest telephone contract in history: to replace the cranky, 25-year-old federal long-distance telephone system with a modern, fiber-optic system that would be capable of transmitting not only conversations and data but also video images. The deal, which is worth upwards of $25 billion, was a boon for AT&T. The company recently projected an annual loss for this year of up to $1.7 billion -- its first in more...