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...Education and thus continue to qualify for federal funds. Flood's former administrative assistant, Stephen Elko, admitted receiving a $15,000 kickback from the schools, and was convicted in Los Angeles last fall of bribery, perjury and obstruction of justice. Elko claimed that he received $25,000 in hush money from Flood's friends. But in exchange for a reduced sentence, Elko agreed to provide evidence against his former boss. According to Elko's account, Flood received $100,000 in cash and bank stock from the schools and other organizations that obtained federal financing with his help...
...refused to give up even when Jimmy Carter and Morarji Desai got in his way." As for the Secret Service's not-so-secret conversations, agents explained that they happened to be using the same frequency as the Casino de Paris' stage sound system and, besides, no hush-hush security measures are ever broadcast via walkie-talkies...
...sound to intensify and comment upon the film's pivotal incidents. When, for instance, the hero first experiences sex (in the form of bestiality), the panting of a chorus of unseen copulators overwhelms the action. Later, a moment of incongruous accordion music smashes the film's pastoral hush to prefigure Ledda's liberation from the enforced silence of his youth. While the film is vibrantly photographed and generally well acted (notably by Omero Antonutti as the father and Fabrizio Forte as the young Ledda), the sound track is the true star...
...squarely in the face. Tomjanovich, also 6 ft. 8 in., but 10 lbs. lighter, went down like a felled tree, his head striking the hardwood court with a thud. There he lay, unconscious, bleeding from the nose, mouth and ears. Says Referee Rakel: "The whole crowd came to a hush-you could almost hear a pin drop after they saw that man lying there. I hope I never have to witness such a scene again...
...best sites to observe this event is found in the walkways under Wigglesworth. Within minutes of the beginning of a downpour, puddles form and the fun begins. They call rain the great equalizer in sports and here it is not different as Topsiders, Wallabees, Adidas and Hush Puppies all skirt through the pools invariably landing in the big lake...