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Abscam is not the only FBI operation to lead into higher levels of political corruption. TIME learned last week that another FBI sting called Brilab, for "bribery labor," had fooled the New Orleans Mafia boss, Carlos Marcello, into believing that two FBI agents actually were insurance brokers seeking a cut...
Concern about Cambridge investments in South Africa peaked last fall, when city residents voted two-to-one to condemn municipal financial interests in companies linked to the country.
When Chrysler announced that the plant gates would close, the future of Hamtramck itself was thrown into question. Already burdened by a shrinking, aging population, the city suddenly faced the loss of $2.3 million in annual tax revenues-almost half the general fund budget. The municipal payroll has been slashed...
"Deceive so as not to be deceived." The American public seems to have rejected this argument, as was indicated in 1978 when The Chicago Sun-Times lost its bid for a Pulitzer prize because of "deceptive" reporting techniques. Two Sun-Times reporters had secretly bought a Chicago bar and then...
During early planning meetings, Administration officials had held out the thin hope of achieving Carter's 1976 campaign promise of a balanced budget for 1981. That goal soon ran into this year's election politics. One of the prime candidates for the ax, for example, was the revenue...