Word: crimeeds
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...officer in the Interior Ministry section that monitors the activities of religious groups in Poland. His two lieutenants were recognized almost immediately by Popieluszko's driver, who had noticed the secret policemen following him before the kidnaping. Piotrowski and his conspirators apparently believed they could pull off the crime without risk, and they hinted under interrogation that they did not expect to be tried...
...tried in a tribunal that normally deals with graft and corruption offenses. The legislators called instead for the creation of a special court of retired justices and independent citizens. Said Assemblywoman Eva Kalaw: "The murder of Senator Aquino is not simply a case of graft. It is a high crime...
...time crime in the U.S. must be able to count on one thing: converting its seamy gains into money that is easier to use than the stacks of $50s or $100s in which payoffs are often made. By a process known as laundering, criminals deposit money in American or foreign banks, then withdraw it and invest it in construction projects, real estate or corporations. There is a lot to launder. The underworld's haul is estimated at no less than $ 170 billion annually from drug trafficking, prostitution and illegal gambling. Last week a report by the President...
...starting to look like fashion spreads in Vogue. Jennifer O'Neill trots off to swank locations around the world posing as a fashion photographer in Cover Up. Lynda Carter and Loni Anderson play a former debutante and a working-class woman who team up on Partners in Crime, but from the outfits, who can tell which is which...
...most avid supporters of these roles are, not surprisingly, the women who portray them. "It's fun," says Merrill, whose wealthy character on Hot Pursuit has her husband murdered and frames an innocent woman for the crime. "You get all the aggressions out of your system." Diahann Carroll, who joined Dynasty at the end of last season as the haughty Dominique Deveraux, announced proudly that she would be playing "TV's first black bitch." On the other hand, Collins insists that there is more to Alexis than malevolence: "Women look to her struggles, her strong sense of identity...