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...firm moral stand against corruption with the 1977 legislation, the governments in most leading West European countries either openly condone bribery or look the other way. A confidential West German memorandum by the Federal Office for Foreign Trade Information advises companies to be prepared in difficult deals to fork over as much as 20% of the contract price to corrupt foreign officials. All such expenditures, which can run into the millions of dollars on large engineering and construction projects, are completely tax deductible as a necessary cost of business. Italy passed a law in 1980 stating that payments to foreign...
...knew the release was a draft but assumed that releases posted on walls marked "ready for release" were public. When asked why he did not ask about the procedures for releases, Fossedal said "I wouldn't ask if I went into the dining hall if I could take a fork." After the decision, Fossedal said "There was no way I got a fair trial," adding that "some of those people were blatantly unqualified to judge...
...hard, beaked face. He wore a dark silk suit and deep gray shirt, and he looked altogether like a crow who had just come back from a health farm. He hunched over his food and held his hands over his plate in an inverted V, letting his fork dangle from his fingers like the clapper inside a bell...
...voice. Apples is Dutch; she speaks six languages. She lives her life allegro; she makes between $100,000 and $200,000 a year and needs it all. She lives on take-out Chinese food, and her kitchen, as it develops, is equipped with two plastic cups and one plastic fork...
...heartbreaking beauty who from Vogue's cover projects an ancient soul can act eight years old in her mother's presence. "Mommy, I have a toothache," she will whine "Oh, Mommy, my nail." Teri plays her part smotheringly: "Use that fork for your cake." "Say hello." "Say please." It is reasonable to wonder when and how Brooke might break loose...