Word: paid
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...panel of judges; but in the Olympics these delegates are chosen by the Olympic Committee, while in the elections they are chosen by the Republican National Committee. Foreigners are not allowed to enter the Presidential elections; in the Olympics they can, and usually win. Presidential candidates can be paid for their work, but are not supposed to pay others for endorsements; Olympic athletes cannot be paid for their work, but can be paid for endorsements...
...Republican from North Carolina, launched a campaign in 1985 to take over CBS, he urged supporters with pointed glee to buy up CBS stock and "become Dan Rather's boss." Many TV news traditionalists are no fonder of Rather: he is too high-pitched, too image conscious, too well paid...
...that lost last year's ECAC Player of the Year Joe Nieuwendyk to the NHL's Calgary Flames. With Nieuwendyk last year, the Big Red did not make the ECAC playoffs. This year, while Nieuwendyk has become one of the NHL's biggest offensive threats, the Big Red has paid tribute to its lost star by challenging for the ECAC title...
When the Crimson checked out, it paid a stiff bill: Boston University 5, Harvard...
...American captives, no group has ever claimed responsibility. Newspaper reports said Waite and other Western hostages were handed over to Iranian Revolutionary Guards earlier this year, but the accounts could not be verified. Waite's boss, Archbishop of Canterbury the Most Rev. Robert Runcie, recently confirmed that the church paid nearly $22,000 to two men who claimed that they could arrange a meeting with representatives of Waite's captors. The negotiations never came about...