Word: partner
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...that startled spectators in the Frankfurt courtroom. The Lebanese terrorist confessed to participating in the 1985 hijacking of a TWA airliner to Beirut but denied that he murdered one of the plane's passengers, U.S. Navy Diver Robert Stethem. "I pleaded against the killing," claimed Hammadi, who said his partner had shot Stethem...
Lady Di Dry Cleaners refuses to drop the "cleaners to the royal family" line or to change its name, and the consulate admits it cannot legally force the owners to do so. Storoni insists that "Lady Di" is a childhood nickname. Those who are offended, says Partner Marinelli, should ask for "a little less starch in their laundry...
...respect faded fast in 1986, when the two banks went belly-up. Soon thereafter Wasson left the Guard and resigned his banking posts. Last week a federal grand jury in Oklahoma City charged Wasson, 50, with 16 counts of fraud. The indictment handed up against him and a partner, Melvin Pulliam, 63, said the duo conspired to embezzle $1.3 million from the banks and the U.S. Government. Authorities contend that Wasson used the confidential records of soldiers who had served in his National Guard unit to create applications in their names for six bank loans guaranteed by the Small Business...
Often the cash vanishes from vaults only to reappear in the wallets of executives, who use it for personal pleasure. After Bell Savings and Loan of San Mateo, Calif., failed in 1985 with losses totaling $495 million, authorities found that Partner David Butler had used corporate funds to buy expensive racing airplanes for his exclusive use. Butler pleaded guilty to two felony counts and is awaiting sentencing. In the ongoing investigation of the failure of Texas-based Vernon Savings and Loan, in which regulators charge that top officials have looted the S and L for their own gain, former Senior...
Shultz, for his part, is loath to pronounce his peace initiative dead. "He ((Hussein)) has to be a partner because Jordan has the longest border with Israel of any state," the Secretary of State said last week. "If there's going to be peace between Israel and its neighbors, then Jordan is involved." Hussein would not disagree; as he said in his speech last week, "Jordan will not give up its commitment to take part in the peace process." By abdicating responsibility for the West Bank, however, Hussein is challenging the U.S., Israel and the P.L.O. to work together toward...