Word: frauds
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Prabhu resigned from her position as vice chair after the council released a report confirming that election fraud had occurred in a fall social committee election. Prabhu privately admitted she had rigged the vote, according to council officials...
...City Councillor William H. Walsh is indicted on 59 charges of conspiracy, bank fraud and malting false statement to a federally insured bank, Walsh was one of 19 people indicted for allegedly defrauding Dime Savings Bank of New York of about $8 million for condominium developments in Massachusetts...
City Councillor William H. Walsh says allegations of bank fraud won't stop him from being re-elected...
...Democratic Party has turned up in a long time turns out to have a tin ear," said a longtime friend. "He has squandered his moral authority with a lot of this stuff. It leads people to say, 'This man isn't really a populist; he is a phony, a fraud.' And though this perception is completely wrong in substance, it is enormously damaging and has to be dealt with. He has to regain the moral authority to call people to sacrifice...
...Indies is the same as Synge's. A young man wanders into town on the run after having killed his father. Instead of condemning him, men admire his virility and women court him. When it is revealed that he only wounded his father, they turn on him as a fraud. The adulation makes emotional sense if one sees parricide as a metaphor for rebellion against a political patriarchy. The rage at the hero's failure is a mix of thwarted longing for excitement and dashed hopes for social change...