Word: illicit
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Others took advantage of his lethargy. Cronies at the state capital started negotiating improper contracts and picking up cash in other illicit ways; Lieutenant Governor Jere Beasley and State Attorney General Bill Baxley began openly maneuvering to run for Governor. In a speech last winter that received national attention, Harold Martin, editor-publisher of the Montgomery Advertiser and the Alabama Journal, urged Wallace either to retire for the good of the state or appoint a committee of businessmen to help him govern...
...that he wanted to cancel a major speech; the network rechecked, found that the real buyer had not called. Before the Florida primary, a flyer printed on Muskie stationery wildly asserted that two of Muskie's opponents, Humphrey and Washington Senator Henry Jackson, had participated in "illicit sexual activities." In the New Hampshire primary, telephone callers identifying themselves as Muskie supporters repeatedly called voters after midnight to ask them how they were going to vote. In California, a phony Muskie letter told wealthy donors that they did not need to contribute to his campaign, since he wanted to rely...
...archaeologists currently engaged in research in the Near East, we were extremely gratified by your strong condemnation of the illicit antiquities trade [March 26]. You neglected, however, to single out perhaps the most flagrant offenders−people in diplomatic positions with access to "unsearchable" means of shipment. Here on Cyprus, for example, greater damage to the island's heritage is caused by the rapacity of both foreign diplomatic staff and United Nations forces in a single week than by an entire year's tourist trade...
...Harvard's Peabody Museum, entered La Naya, a Mayan site in Guatemala; looters opened fire, killing his guide Pedro Sierra. In Costa Rica, says Dr. Dwight Heath of Brown University, who spent a Fulbright year there in 1968-69, "One percent of the labor force was involved in illicit traffic in antiquities-which means there are more bootleggers in that little country than there are professional archaeologists in the whole world...
...more useful potential deterrent to illicit trade is a U.S. law passed by Congress last fall prohibiting the import of pre-Columbian monumental sculpture and murals without the approval of the country of origin. This is a start, but not an end; it does not apply to smaller pieces like pottery and goldwork, and thieves in Latin America will destroy a whole site to find one Mayan gold ornament. One thing is clear: as long as astronomical prices are offered by rich countries, no local laws will keep robbers from plundering...