Word: corruptable
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...railway station. When he was pushed out by a group of gypsies who controlled the wine trade, Leonid turned to imported cigarettes. Since then, he has branched out; one week he may move a consignment of flashlight batteries, the next a shipment of government-issue boots, obtained from a corrupt policeman. His ability to broker everything from investment bonds to manicure scissors can earn him 70,000 rubles...
...machinery running smoothly. Headlining at Democratic fund raisers across the U.S., the President has helped bring in a record $41 million in soft money in less than two years, twice as much as the Republicans have raised during that time. "Clinton is now the king and protector of a corrupt system," says Fred Wertheimer, head of the government-watchdog group Common Cause...
...probably right. And, as self-financed pols never tire of reminding the electorate, they are beholden to no special interests. Yet a certain distrust of them persists. Candidates who become too chummy with contributors or their party's political machine may turn corrupt, but candidates whose wealth enables them to win elections without engaging in the give-and-take of party activism may turn into testy, unbending legislators, a Congress of Perots. Says Norman Ornstein, a congressional scholar at the American Enterprise Institute: "Ideally, you want Congress to be a variegated group, people with diverse life experiences. You lose something...
...department's criminal investigations division also spearheaded an investigation of two area storage companies. The probe found that corrupt business practices had resulted in numerous thefts and losses to undergraduate property...
...real scandal in welfare isn't the bad apples who break the law and abuse the system," Weld says. "The real scandal is the system itself. Welfare in Massachusetts is bankrupt. It is corrupt. It is messed up. And we're going to tear it apart and make it work...