Word: hires
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Ever a man to put faith in the people he pays, Tshombe wanted to hire mercenaries from the start. And, secretly, he did so. Fully aware that the Congolese army was wholly untrustworthy and that his nationalist African neighbors were unlikely to send him even token support, the smiling little Premier imported the nucleus of his mercenary command six weeks ago, less than two weeks after he took office...
...work and see their families (similar to systems long used in other countries, notably Sweden). On the other hand, Bennett's tolerance stops at the death penalty. Unlike other reformers, he wants it kept on the books for particularly heinous crimes, such as high treason, murder for hire and airplane bombings...
Said Eugene Callahan, director of Chicago's Conference on Religion and Race: "There's unemployment because the mills and factories in the Harvey area aren't doing well right now. Hardly any local businesses in Harvey hire Negroes. And I understand Negroes can't get liquor licenses. Naturally they resent the fact that right across the street is a white man running a big liquor store, and he's got a prison record, and he's a big brute besides." Added Callahan: "CORE has complained about these things for months. The Negroes didn...
...State courts were allowed to settle for lower standards, and the poverty of most criminal defendants only made matters worse. Each year 300,000 persons are charged with serious crimes in state courts, said a recent American Bar Association report. "At least half of these persons cannot afford to hire a lawyer to defend them...
...example, of one producer who cleared $52,000 from a play whose investors lost $32,000, and of another producer who sadly watched a sick production fail, costing its investors $180,000 but somehow netting him $11,000. Producers also own theaters and rent them to themselves. They hire themselves as "pressagent" or "stage director" at fat salaries out of the basic investment. They sometimes make speculative investments of their own with investors' money. One producer even used part of the nut to buy himself a lobster boat...