Word: payments
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...bookies legally avoid payment? Britons argued the pros and cons in bus queues and on commuter trains. Under Britain's Gaming Act legislation, a bettor cannot sue a bookmaker and vice versa. The police indicated that they saw no grounds for action against anybody, but the bettors' bible, The Sporting Life, warned that in refusing to pay, the bookmakers "have done themselves and their calling the greatest disservice possible." Besides loss of public confidence, the bookies might have to face a protest when their licenses come up for renewals in February...
Judge East had other ideas. Petition the Government for pay, he told the lawyer, and then ordered Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy to show cause why payment should not be proffered. No such cause having been shown-other than Congress' refusal to provide such funds-Judge East ordered the U.S. to pay Strayer $3,804. East's elegant reasoning: "The Fifth Amendment guarantees that private property shall not be taken for a public use without just compensation." In short, a lawyer's services are private property and cannot be commandeered without proper recompense. Result (if the decision...
...head completely. An American correspondent, trying to get Madame Nhu's firsthand version of the whole affair, knocked on the apartment door, was met by her daughter Le Thuy, and the following conversation took place: Le Thuy: Surely you know that Madame will not see journalists without payment in advance? Reporter: How much, if we just talk about the visa? Le Thuy: For how much time? Reporter: Five minutes. Le Thuy (after a brief consultation with her mother behind the door): Madame will not depart from her fee of $1,000. There was no interview...
...town. Within three years the plant moved South anyway-putting 2,000 people out of work. Refusing to give up, the chamber formed the Hazleton Industrial Development Corporation, raised $650,000 in bonds and contributions its first year, offered to donate $500,000 as a no-strings down payment on a $1,600,000 plant built to any prospect's specifications. The Electric Auto Lite Co. (now the Eltra Corp.), accepted the offer, but created fewer than 300 new jobs after the community thought it would employ at least 1,000. It was an expensive, disillusioning experience...
...mind," says Willie. But for most of the past three years, the Say-Hey Kid has not had much of that. In 1961, his ex-wife Marghuerite won a $15,000-a-year settlement (plus fees), and all during the 1962 season, her lawyer was diligently suing for payment. At one point, Willie's debts topped $100,000, and his lawyers recommended bankruptcy. That year, Mays led the league in home runs, batted .304-and collapsed from nervous exhaustion in the dugout in September. Starting the 1963 season, he went through the first month tense, nervous, and hitting...