Word: obtained
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Somehow, though, Frenkil's magic has misfired. Disturbed by reports of his attempts to obtain Government approval of an additional $5,000,000 in garage construction costs, a federal grand jury in Baltimore has spent the past year looking into the contractor's efforts to influence officials on his behalf. Its time has been well spent. Although thwarted in its attempts to indict Frenkil, 63, the grand jury two weeks ago scored a technical knockout in its fight against him and his friends. A judge released a summary of the grand jury's findings. The report named...
Although school officials contend that the school takes no part in the program, leaving it up to the family doctor, some teachers have been selecting the members of their classes whom they want to take the drugs and then urging parents to obtain them...
...economic system is in trouble, Kelso insists, because 5% of the population owns the capital-money, securities, land and tools-that produces about 90% of the wealth. This means that the rich grow richer while the bulk of U.S. workers are denied an opportunity to obtain a worthwhile share of the nation's abundance. What Kelso wants to do is turn 80 million workers into capitalists through a complex maneuver that would enable almost everybody to buy blue-chip stocks with borrowed money and ultimately enjoy a "second income" from the dividends...
...plan might begin by helping the poor and unemployed. An eligible borrower would go to a bank and obtain, for example, $4,000 a year for five years (or $20,000 all together) to buy stock in corporations. The bank, protected against loss by the Government insurance, would put the money in escrow; a trust officer would buy a diversified portfolio of dividend-paying shares. Kelso figures that the stocks would ultimately pay for themselves through dividends. Thus the borrower could pay off the loan, then own the stocks outright and enjoy a dividend income from $20,000 of capital...
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