Word: payments
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...NIGHT IN A CHEAP HOTEL USUALLY REQUIRES payment in advance. But relations between major defense contractors and the Air Force are thought to be a cut above that. Not always, according to a report from the acting Pentagon inspector general, which recommends disciplinary measures against a cluster of Air Force generals and civilian procurement specialists. The report accuses several Pentagon officials of advancing McDonnell Douglas Corp. $500 million in 1990 to see the aerospace giant through troubles associated with the C-17 military transport plane. The report urges disciplinary action for three generals and two civilians alleged to be involved...
...Tonight host and give Letterman the job -- something NBC executives had publicly ruled out. What's more, a "poison pill" in Letterman's CBS contract made the 11:30 time period a virtual sine qua non of any deal. The CBS contract promised Letterman a $50 million penalty payment if his show was not aired at 11:30. Since NBC, to keep Letterman, was required to match CBS's monetary deal, it would have had to include the same penalty payment -- effectively forcing the network to air Letterman...
...year and has some $500,000 in liquid assets. He has put three children through college, and is supporting two more in graduate school. He has also helped three of his children buy homes. In 1989 Bagley gave his daughter Lynn, 40, $30,000 to help cover a down payment for a $235,000 house in Novato, California. "I think our parents were a little more responsible about money," says Lynn, a single mother who earns $55,000 as founder of the Marin County Farmers' Market. She too confesses that the prospect of an inheritance inevitably figures in her future...
...estimated $100 million worth of BOSNIAN RELIEF SHIPMENTS sent to Sarajevo this year have been seized by Serbian troops. U.N. officials have allowed the thefts to take place. Heavily armed Serbian forces surrounding Sarajevo airport skim a large share of every relief shipment as a form of safe-passage payment, carefully selecting all the meat, telephone gear, fire- fighting equipment as well as the newsprint being donated for an independent paper...
Many health insurance plans require a patient to pay a portion of the cost for each treatment received. For example, a plan might require a co-payment by the patient of $5 for every doctor's visit or separate treatment...