Word: payment
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...campaign, Denver attorney James Lyons, who was hired by the Clinton campaign to examine and report on the deal, had included that loan as one related to Whitewater. It became part of the figure that he calculated was their loss on the deal. But even if the $20,700 payment was not related to Whitewater, it would still be legal for Clinton to claim it on his taxes, presuming that it was, as he asserts, a legitimate loan-interest payment...
...because of their knowledge of the forest. One evening last spring, Raju, the landlord and two other poachers hid near a water hole. At dusk a tiger approached within a few yards. Raju claims he was reluctant to shoot it, but the landlord insisted. He promised, but never delivered, payment of 110 lbs. of millet -- worth...
...scene is imaginary, but it captures the spirit of a fascinating Supreme Court decision last week to affirm the borrowing rights of parody, an artistic % form that has long suffered in copyright limbo. Normally, artists are entitled to payment for use of their words, tunes or images. A 1976 law lists some exceptions to this rule, including scholarship and commentary, whereby unpaid excerpting (known as "fair use") is allowed. Parody, however, goes unmentioned. Should send-up artists, whose ranks have included everyone from Lewis Carroll to "Weird Al" Yankovic, be included too? More specifically, can Campbell, best known...
Michele didn't know where to turn. "I found myself engrossed in my studies and not wanting to stress over the credit cards," she told the assembled congresspeople. "I missed a few monthly payments, and by the time I had enough money to send the payment, the minimum balance would be doubled or tripled, leaving me to send only what I had. The next month I'd still be behind in my payments, and that was when I started to figure out what interest really meant...
Washington -- Because of reduced oil prices and Gulf War debt, Saudi Arabia is so strapped for cash that it barely met the deadline for its latest $375 million payment on its U.S. weapons contracts. The Saudis usually pay in full two weeks in advance; this time they initially sent a check that was too small -- $50 million -- and made out to the wrong payee. The rest of the money finally arrived 96 hours before the Pentagon would have been forced to start ordering armsmakers to shut down assembly lines...