Word: frauds
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...international press has grumbled at and applauded Cunningham for thirty-odd years. His efforts have been labelled "barefoot inconsequentiality," "a much-needed shot in the backside," "self-indulgent and camp," and "the principal creative force in America's modern dance." And Cunningham himself has been both scorned as a fraud and hailed as a revolutionary in the tradition of the Cubist painters. At this point, most dance enthusiasts would probably agree with Barnes that "it is easy to idolize or hate Mr. Cunningham, but terribly difficult to be fair...
Countryman was more wary of the new provision, however, stating that the government can still prosecute under the old "destruction of the government by fraud" provision. The government based its unsuccessful prosecution of Daniel Ellsberg '52 in the Pentagon papers case on that provision...
...judge in Massachusetts ordered the firm to cease operating and placed it in receivership. Many questions remain as to why the regulators did not investigate and act sooner. Although the CFTC denied the firm registration, Lloyd, Carr continued its operations for several months while challenging a shutdown order. Criminal fraud was never an issue during that period. However, some critics maintain that the CFTC withheld evidence that hampered state investigations. At week's end the only response from embarrassed CFTC officials was that they were not changing operational methods. As for the elusive Abrahams: Criminal Lawyer F. Lee Bailey...
...obstruction of justice in a case involving influence peddling to help students gain admission to medical schools. Just last month the most powerful member of the state senate, Philadelphia Democrat Henry J. Cianfrani. pleaded guilty to 106 counts on various charges-including obstruction of justice, tax evasion and mail fraud-involving efforts to place his girlfriend and others in no-show jobs on the senate appropriations committee...
...exact amount to give them (with Barasch's business card enclosed). The only officials he did not advise bribing were police because, he said, "if you pay off a cop, they keep coming around every month, like flies, looking for a payoff." As for tax fraud, explained Barasch: "Everybody chisels down." A squat man with a nervous twitch who calls himself "the second largest tax accountant in the Midwest after H & R Block," Barasch has done more chiseling, says the Sun-Times, than Michelangelo...