Word: crime
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...anticorruption ethic was so extensive that a number of Nixon officials ended up in jail after hush money was offered to the burglars. Noonan even suggests that the campaign against corruption may now conflict with other standards. Of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, which made it a crime for companies to bribe officials abroad, Noonan remarks that "no such law had ever been framed in this country or anywhere else." And with the Abscam sting, he writes, the Justice Department simply went too far: "A moral government will not resort to foul means to enforce the ethic...
...announcing the sentences, Kujawa drew a distinction between Pietruszka and Piotrowski, whom he described as the decision makers, and their subordinates. Kujawa explained that he chose not to order Piotrowski hanged because Polish law states that punishment should seek to educate and frighten the criminal, not simply avenge the crime. Indeed, lawyers representing Popieluszko's family and his driver, Waldemar Chrostowski, at the trial had mentioned the priest's personal opposition to capital punishment. On the day the verdicts were announced, Popieluszko's relatives were not even in court; they had said earlier that they were interested...
...Chief Greenberg had at least three things working for him: energy, flamboyance and competence. During the past two years the number of arrests in Charleston has doubled, and the crime rate has tumbled. In the same period, not a shot was fired by police. His increased foot and mounted patrols pleased downtown businessmen, and he delighted the rank and file by taking to the streets himself when things got slow at headquarters. He has made dozens of % collars in his car, on foot and on horseback, and gained some national publicity when he nabbed a bicycle thief while roller-skating...
...could be adjusted to fit the severity of the crime. Since there is a $2 profit limit those making $2.10 would suffer a vigorous verbal rebuke. Those scalpers making a profit of $2.50 would be stripped, smeared in honey, and the with Harvard Food Service. Those scalpers making a percent of $200 would become the involuntary donors of rejected what organs...
...underscores his sickening emotional vacuum. For some doubtful reason, Mora treats Magyk's threat nonchalantly even though he acknowledges that psychopaths are unpredictable and extremely dangerous. But then, Leonard always seems more interested in sociology than suspense. His supporting cast springs from that circle where commerce, show business and crime are hard to separate. Casino Manager Jackie Garbo likes to impress visitors with his autographed celebrity photos. Bodyguard Moosleh Hajim Jabara strains parody as an Ethiopian-born retired pro-football player who changed his name to DeLeon Johnson. LaDonna Holly Padgett is a former Miss Oklahoma and Miss Congeniality well...