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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...while, reported TIME'S Bernstein last week, it seemed that the nuclear plant deal had been locked up by Westinghouse's chief competitor. General Electric. The Philippine National Power Corporation had finished preliminary feasibility studies by early 1974 and had signed a contract with G.E.'s local consulting firm. According to knowledgeable Philippine businessmen, Marcos then unexpectedly intervened and stunned a number of advisers by ordering that the profitable contract be awarded to Westinghouse instead...
...crusade drew 434,100 people to Seattle's Kingdome in eight days, and 18,000 people "came forward" to profess faith in Christ. Arn's survey, done a year later and just released, reveals that of these, 54% were people simply rededicating themselves to the faith. But local churches received 8,400 cards signed by converts. According to Arn's study, only 1,285 of those-about 15% -ended up as active church members...
With respect to the alumni, this means notifying local Harvard Clubs and their members of the Search List names from their areas, and hoping these alums follow up on the list in addition to their other recruiting and interviewing responsibilities. But as Jewett says, "In some areas there's been very active alumni participation, and in other areas, there hasn't been...
...them ever combine both pastimes so ingeniously. Last January Sun-Times Reporter Pamela Zekman (who has shared two Pulitzer Prizes for investigative reporting) got Editor-in-Chief James Hoge's O.K. to buy and operate a bar. In May, having joined forces with the Better Government Association, a local citizens' group that works with journalists and others fighting corruption, the Sun-Times made a $5,000 down payment on a seedy tavern near...
Cheating was not restricted to public officials. Six local accountants taught the proprietors how to save taxes by hiding income. But the best teacher was a "Mr. Fixit" named Philip Barasch. Unaware of the investigators' true identity, Barasch, a big Chicago landlord and self-styled "business broker," guided them every step of the way, telling them the hour inspectors would show up and the exact amount to give them (with Barasch's business card enclosed). The only officials he did not advise bribing were police because, he said, "if you pay off a cop, they keep coming around...