Word: payola
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...freehanded Korean businessman had fled, the party-giving Oriental beauty was testifying to a federal grand jury, and a bipartisan clutch of Congressmen were nervous about Washington's latest payola scandal...
...would have preferred the bankers to cancel still more of the debt in return for warrants. Nonetheless, he had good reason to be pleased. The refinancing has bought the company the time it needs to try to fill its order books and refurbish Lockheed's image following its payola scandals. Shareholders will be asked to approve the deal at a long-postponed annual meeting early in the fall. Haack is confident that they will find the company's prospects brighter than they have in some years. Said he, in an interview with TIME Correspondent Jerry Hannifin...
Queen Juliana's consort is accused of pocketing payola, and the unsubstantiated charge prompts fevered speculation about the future of the 400-year-old Dutch royal house. In Spain, as Juan Carlos stumps the boondocks as tirelessly as a Castilian Jimmy Carter, the young King's every word and move merit Delphic scrutiny. Britain's Prince Charles dates a new girl, and her bloodline is examined as closely as a yearling filly's. Monaco's 19-year-old Princess Caroline keeps squads of paparazzi employed...
...Payola, Golden Eggs and Greed...
...Payola is the name of the game in business. The company that doesn't "bribe" its customers in one way or another is probably a statistic in bankruptcy court...