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Disgraced Washington lobbyist Jack Abramoff used to be a problem for the White House primarily because his illegal lobbying activities got G.O.P. members of Congress in legal and political hot water and helped fuel Democrats' campaign message that congressional Republicans were a corrupt bunch that should be thrown out of power. Both Ohio Rep. Bob Ney and former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay of Texas announced they were stepping down from Congress this year after being dogged by questions about their relationships with the disgraced lobbyist, who has plead guilty to mail fraud and bribery; Ney has already pleaded guilty...
...masterpiece of Southern literature. I think I fell asleep that day in Expos. The trajectory of the novel is simple: Jack Burden—a jaded newspaperman with a complex personal background—recounts the rise of rural populist Louisiana Governor Willie Stark and his decline into corruption. Ambitious Government concentrators and wannabe Faulkners melt for this stuff. Steven Zaillian’s new film adaptation of “All the King’s Men” must meet the expectations of devotees of the classic novel, the acclaim of the Academy-Award winning 1949 film...
...Executive Producer] James Carville told us, ‘They’ve made eight movies on Hamlet. Hell, there’s only two on this one.’” The movie addresses Willie Stark’s duality as an effective governor and a corrupt man, stealing money even as he builds the roads and hospitals he promised the people. The producers expressed high hopes for the film’s reception abroad. The themes and “the tension between ends and means” are universal, said Thwaites. He noted that many...
...wealth, however, often brings corruption in its wake, and for three years the country has been embroiled in "Kazakhgate." In March 2003, in the most far-reaching charges ever brought under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, U.S. prosecutors charged James Giffen, an American businessman who was once a key Nazarbayev adviser, with funneling $78 million in bribes from oil companies to Kazakhstan's top leaders. Kazakhstan has flatly denied that its officials have done anything wrong, and Giffen has denied the charges against him. His case is scheduled to go to trial in January...
...investing in the telecommunications network of Nepal. Kazakhstan is the only country in Central Asia that attracts rather than supplies guest workers. "Kazakhs don't work in other countries' markets as vendors," proudly comments Zhenis Kasenov, an Astana dweller. "Kazakhs come there as buyers." Oil wealth, however, often brings corruption in its wake, and for three years the country has been embroiled in "Kazakhgate." In March 2003, in the most far-reaching charges ever brought under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, U.S. prosecutors charged James Giffen, an American businessman who was once a key Nazarbayev adviser, with funneling $78 million...