Word: crimeeds
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...cope with dunning tradespeople invading her house in a suburb of South London. Eldest Daughter Cordelia has finally given up the violin, much to the relief of her mother and siblings, who believe, as Rose, the narrator, says, that "to play an instrument badly was as shameful as any crime short of murder." Rose and her twin sister Mary practice the piano daily and dream of their futures on concert stages across Europe. The precocious little brother, Richard Quin, grows more charming, while Cousin Rosamund, withdrawn and beautiful, becomes effectively a member of this fatherless family...
...hearings on the mushrooming money-laundering problem. The message to many other U.S. businessmen, ranging from bankers to stockbrokers, is that they could be next in line for a comeuppance. By accepting mountains of cash without asking questions, says the Reagan Administration, many of these enterprises are helping organized crime, knowingly or otherwise, to invest its booty from illicit activities...
...Meanwhile, the Treasury Department is investigating at least 60 U.S. banks for failing to comply with the reporting law. Many institutions apparently brushed aside the regulations because of the paperwork they entail. But that is not the only reason. Says Patrick Walsh, special attorney for the New England Organized Crime Strike Force: "Part of it has to do with not wanting to lose business. Money is money...
Officially, Roth's crime was "willful disregard and violation" of the church's constitution in disobeying a command from his superior, Kenneth May, bishop for the Western Pennsylvania-West Virginia Synod. More broadly, however, the Roth case is part of an ongoing conflict in the Pittsburgh area over social-action protests by some two dozen Protestant clergy. Unemployment in the region stands at 9%, and in some pockets is almost double that. Roth and his colleagues in the radical Denominational Ministry Strategy repeatedly blamed local businessmen for the economic suffering in the mill towns. D.M.S. and its allies adopted such...
...tacit conspiracy among officials to convict his client in the court of public opinion, Kelner cites the decision this month to release a brooding confession Goetz made when he surrendered at a Concord, N.H., police station nine days after the shootings. "He's being turned from a crime victim into a criminal," says Kelner. Goetz, who was out of town on a business trip to South Carolina and Kentucky, reacted to his changed circumstances with his familiar mask of stoic calm. Said he: "If that's what they want, another grand jury, well it's O.K. with...