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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...says Yevgeny Zuyenko, Izvestia's sports editor. The élite followed the leader. The poor saw the money that top players were making. And bureaucrats and businessmen found a way to make a killing. In 1992, after Tarpishchev, Yeltsin's coach and longtime confidant, founded the National Sports Foundation (nsf), Yeltsin gave it the right to import untaxed alcohol and tobacco. In the next four years, some $9 billion in revenues was allegedly diverted from the nsf. The ensuing scandal helped drive from power the Kremlin faction Tarpischev belonged to, though he has denied wrongdoing and no one has ever...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tennis, Everyone? | 8/24/2003 | See Source »

McMurdo Station is the sprawling complex of buildings from which the National Science Foundation (NSF) runs the U.S. Antarctic program, and right now McMurdo has a problem. Those big bergs that are hanging around the neighborhood have pinned up to 40 miles of sea ice next to shore, creating a daunting obstacle course for a nearby colony of Adelie penguins and a serious navigational hazard for people who service the station. The penguins are having trouble getting out to sea to feed--so much trouble that their numbers are in precipitous decline--and the NSF's supply ships are having...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cracking The Ice | 2/3/2003 | See Source »

HIGH BOUNCER Before signing a bad check, take heed: nonsufficient-funds (NSF) fees continue to rise as banks pursue profits. In the past six months, the average bank fee for bouncing a check was up 2.4%, from $23.87 to $24.45. That's on top of NSF fees you may have to dish out to an angry retailer. Consider overdraft protection: though most banks charge a small fee for it, customers with several accounts may get it free...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Brief: May 21, 2001 | 5/21/2001 | See Source »

...HIGHEST NSF FEES IN THE COUNTRY...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Brief: May 21, 2001 | 5/21/2001 | See Source »

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