Word: corruption
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...President had hoped to avoid a Cabinet reshuffle until after the Feb. 2 plebiscite and had resisted pressure from the military to remove ineffectual and corrupt Cabinet ministers. She reportedly quipped, "If I give them my hand, the next time they will ask for my arm." After the Enrile firing, however, it was clear that someone would have to go, to meet at least the spirit of the military's demands. At week's end she announced the removal of Natural Resources Minister Ernesto Maceda and Public Works Minister Rogaciano Mercado, whose ministries have been accused of corruption. She praised...
Perhaps Mr. Rosenthal has overlooked the fact that many non-humanities concentrators are mystified by the ubiquitous terms with which he may be more familiar. A friend recently informed me that money laundering is the act of using stolen or swindled money for corrupt purposes. The phrase comes from the olden days when crooks sometimes obtained new bills whose serial numbers were not known, and actually washed them in a washing mashine filled with coffee. This sullied the money so that the thieves could use it for their own purposes without fear of the bills' being traced...
...duty to shelter President Reagan from ever learning anything about this corrupt arms deal. He is our President-he must be protected! Don Reagan did his best; now it's our baby...
...Evidence surfaced last week of pressure on Aquino from the Defense Minister and a small group of army officers known as the Reform the Armed Forces Movement. The group was formed in March 1985 to counter the corruption within the military that had flourished under Marcos, who last week learned that his plans to move from Hawaii to Switzerland had been blocked by the Swiss government. Senior military sources disclosed that armed forces commanders, including Ramos, had given the President a letter proposing that she delegate all authority concerning national security to the Defense Minister and asking for her answer...
...whole government program on drugs is a lot of total hypocrisy to begin with, and why put up with that bullshit?...There's nothing wrong with dropping a little acid or smoking a little grass....They're a bunch of yapping dogs selling their own dope, double-dealing, corrupt, up to their ass with the Mafia, trying to get votes by denouncing poor, suffering junkies on the street....The government can take its whole dope morality and shove it back up its own ass as far as I'm concerned, and the American public, too, if they're so stupid...