Word: corruptible
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Unlike other anti-heroes America has mythologized, from Billy the Kid to Bugsy Siegel, Cube's gangsta persona has a moral compass. But apparently he hasn't found magnetic north yet: The Predator ends with the shooting of a corrupt cop as he reaches for a doughnut...
WILL THE TEAMSTERS EVER GO straight? Not with the attitude problem they've got. America's largest and most corrupt labor union remains in love with its sordid past, which is making it nearly impossible for it to forge an honest future. The attitude is reflected vividly in Hoffa, the new $40 million movie starring Jack Nicholson. The film tends to romanticize the life of the union's most infamous leader, Jimmy Hoffa, portraying him as a folk hero, a "friend of labor" who may have done deals with the Mob but only to help his Teamsters brothers and never...
...settling the suit, Teamsters leaders agreed to a consent decree under which Frederick Lacey, the former federal judge who last week completed the Iraqgate probe, was assigned as an overseer to remove corrupt Teamsters officials and lead the way to free elections. But William McCarthy, who was president until last year, and his cronies spent $10.5 million of the union's money to litigate and obstruct the settlement at every step...
...turning in the right direction," says Susan Jennik, head of the Association for Union Democracy, a reform group that has monitored the Teamsters since 1969. "But I don't agree with Carey's emphasis on opposing the government. It took decades for the union to get so corrupt, and it will probably take some time before it's totally cleaned...
...beneficial consequence of such actions would be the channeling of funds away from corrupt leaders of puppet Bantustan governments (like Bophuthatswana, where Sun City is located) and directing them towards communities and organizations committed to bringing about true change. As a nation which trumpets the values of egalitarianism and humanitarianism, our actions should reflect as much...