Word: maines
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Gingrich may find himself caught in an ethics scandal similar to Wright's. One of the main charges against Wright is that he used an unusual royalty arrangement for his book, Reflections of a Public Man, to get around limitations on campaign contributions. The book was sold primarily in bulk to such political supporters as the Teamsters Union and Washington lobbyist John White. The Speaker pocketed a 55% royalty. The Ethics Committee is expected to release next week a potentially damning report on Wright's activities...
...denies promising Lafester that he would make the N.B.A. and says that with the help of tutors Lafester made progress while at Iowa State. "I knew he was struggling," says Orr, "but he worked at it. He's like a majority of them. The books are not the main thing with some of them." Orr draws a $90,000 salary, has a hefty endorsement contract with Reebok shoes, makes $40,000 a year in speaking fees, has a radio program, a TV program and runs a summer camp. The school makes more than $1 million a year from basketball...
...public would never recognize. To the obsessive fan, the big story is rarely the arrival of a new Elmore Leonard or Ed McBain or Dick Francis -- although, as it happens, each of those established commercial writers has a new book out at the moment, all of middling quality. The main event is more likely to be, say, a new Simon Brett or Stuart M. Kaminsky, a new Jonathan Valin or Michael Allegretto. These less heralded figures often produce a prose more intense and flavorful, a sense of scene more convincing and a story more tightly wound yet believable than...
...which finds itself caught in a three-way tug-of-war between two allies who distrust each other. New Delhi still resents the pro-Pakistan "tilt" that has marked U.S. policy since the 1971 war. U.S. military aid to Pakistan is cited by Indians as the main reason why they embarked on their own buildup...
...main attraction of such a system is that it is virtually foolproof. Keys can be copied, combination locks cracked, and the computerized cards used to open doors in fancy hotels can be stolen. But no one can steal or copy a fingerprint. Another advantage: people who use biometric locks no longer have to worry about forgetting their keys...