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...crook or a criminal," Reeves said in an interview with The Crimson last night. "I'm not having any expectation that anything will happen...

Author: By Sewell Chan, | Title: FBI to Question Mayor; Reeves Attacks Critics | 10/25/1994 | See Source »

...only really had one competitor," Hanselman said. "And if Josh Liston had won, whether he ever did anything wrong or not, the council would have lost credibility with students and administrators. It would look like we had a crook in office...

Author: By Tara H. Arden-smith, | Title: U.C. Pres. Candidates Cut From Same Mold | 10/18/1994 | See Source »

...twice beat charges that he tried, while out of office, to rig the state's program to certify hospitals -- pocketing $1.9 million in the process. During Edwards' 1991 campaign, a closely watched race against former Klansman David Duke, one of his supporters' favorite bumper stickers read, Vote for the Crook. It's Important...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: While The Gettin's Good | 6/20/1994 | See Source »

...raged like a trapped animal. There were unconfirmed reports that he was drinking heavily, that he couldn't sleep, that he even wandered around late at night and spoke to the paintings on the walls. To a meeting of Associated Press editors, he piteously declared, "I am not a crook...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Richard Nixon: I Have Never Been a Quitter | 5/2/1994 | See Source »

...value. All that leaves an unsuspecting computer maker to purchase the chip at its regular price and install it in his product. "Then John Q. Public walks into a computer store, and he can't tell whether it's a legitimate chip or if it started out in a crook's pocket," says Sergeant Jim McMahon, who heads a four-member San Jose Police Department task force that focuses on high-tech crime...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Your Chips Or Your Life! | 5/2/1994 | See Source »

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