Word: cornelius
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...that he was buying up Congressmen right and left, but the probes have so far found that he gave only piddling sums to about 20 legislators, usually as campaign contributions. Donations went to at least three former Congressmen: $22,500 to Richard Hanna of California and undisclosed amounts to Cornelius Gallagher of New Jersey and Otto Passman of Louisiana. The wife of Edwin Edwards, then a Congressman and now Governor of Louisiana, got $10,000. Other contributions included $4,650 to John Brademas of Indiana, deputy House Democratic leader, and $4,000 to John McFall of California...
Operation Market-Garden was yet another in the great tradition of British military foulups. Like such classics as the charge of the Light Brigade and Gallipoli, it was a bold idea totally bollixed up in the execution. This movie version of the battle, based on Cornelius Ryan's bestselling history, does permit Britain's acting fraternity to redeem its generals' follies. Whatever is lively and memorable in the film, which is not much, is provided by the English members of the most expensive all-star cast in recent memory. Their Yank allies, doubtless because they had second...
Enter the villain, Carter Burden. The reason Felker is the minority stockholder in his own concern is because two years ago New York bought the Voice, with Carter Burden's money. Burden, the great-great-grandson of Cornelius Vanderbilt, and his friend Bartle Bull, ended up with 34 per cent of New York stock...
...Korean influence peddling: former Representative Richard Hanna of California, a silent partner in an import-export business run by Tongsun Park, a Washington-based Korean businessman with a yen for winning friends in high places; Louisiana Democrat Otto Passman, a longtime Park crony; and former New Jersey Congressman Cornelius Gallagher. Meanwhile, on another front, there are charges that the Korean Central Intelligence Agency (KCIA) has been carrying out both open and "black" (undercover) operations in the U.S. on a broad scale...
...other Congressmen, including Democrats Otto Passman of Louisiana (the recently defeated head of the House committee that handles foreign aid), Robert Leggett of California, Joseph Addabbo of New York and Republican William Broomfield of Michigan. They are also examining Park's association with at least two former Congressmen: Cornelius Gallagher of New Jersey and Richard Hanna of California...