Word: indonesian
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Harvey Gantt over troglodyte racist Jesse Helms in a close contest for the U.S. Senate on the grounds that "Republicans buy shoes too." More recently, Jordan brushed off questions about whether Nike, which pays him $20 million a year in endorsement fees, was violating standards of decency by paying Indonesian workers only 30[cents] a day. His curt comment: "My job with Nike is to endorse the product. Their job is to be up on that." On the baseball field or off it, when Robinson came up to the plate, he took his best shot and knocked...
...finance chair of the DNC last year, Johnny Huang, a former vice president of an Indonesian business conglomerate with strong ties to China, should have been watched more carefully. The DNC has been forced to return $1.6 million of the $3.4 million Huang raised because the money was donated by foreigners, a practice which is illegal...
Just not in his lifetime. Ever since the revelations of Indonesian influence peddling and itinerant Chinese businessmen began dominating headlines last fall, Clinton and Gore have made a great show of support for the McCain-Feingold reform bill, which would ban soft money altogether. This is one time they can hide behind the bully pulpit, since the decision now rests with Congress...
Ramos-Horta and several audience members questioned the credibility of Policarpo and other hostile questioners who, they said, may be the mouthpieces of the Indonesian government...
Ramos-Horta also gave praise to Mass. State Sen. Marc Pacheco (D-Taunton) for his efforts in sponsoring a bill in the State Assembly which ensures that state businesses do not make any investments in Indonesia or buy Indonesian products...