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...quickly followed the takeover. Bill Franks, 26, was thrown out of his office in Clearwater in December 1981 and fired as Scientology's executive director. "It's just a power grab," he says of the new leaders' acts. Their motive, he charges, is "totally money, absolute greed." Bent Corydon, chief of the mission in Riverside, Calif., which was one of the church's largest (1,000 members), claims that dark-shirted "finance policemen" demanded that he turn over $40,000 in the mission's treasury. He complied, and has since set up a new church...
...Complex questions over anti-trust and eminent domain arose after the relocation of a team. And widespread reports of rampant cocaine use among players rocked the league. In short, the seamy side of football emerged this year, making clear that the game is merely a business with plenty of greed and corruption...
...Self-satisfaction took over a number of our players," Walsh says plainly, "a feeling that they could now relax. Greed set in. Jealousy of stars too. Resentment toward new players joining the team. 'After all, they were never champions.' That sort of thing. Also, and maybe mostly, an attitude that said: 'Don't worry, I'll turn it on in time. I did it before.' Our first game against the Raiders [a 23-17 loss], you could really see it. 'I'm the champ. I'll pull it out. Here comes...
...inaugural address, the new governor berated King's style of governing, which paid only lip service to public interest and succumbed to private greed. He stressed that "nothing can destroy our people's faith in their government faster or more effectively than a sense--whether real or imagined--that corruption and contract-rigging and influence-peddling are synonymous with government in Massachusetts." And he listed several specific actions he would take immediately to "restore integrity to our government...
...Foreign Relations Committee staff report completed in March noted, "that he [Mobutu] has managed to amass a legendary personal fortune at the nation's expense." Kickbacks are the order of the day, with the President's cronies controlling significant slices of the economy. "It's the greed of a handful at the top that keeps this country in an economic mess," says one Belgian businessman. Complains one of Zaïre's former financial advisers: "We had great hopes, but they are all gone. It is a country that makes people dream and then makes them...