Word: perks
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Police scandals have erupted lately in many cities, including Philadelphia, Chicago, New York, Indianapolis and Houston. What can a beleaguered mayor do about it? In Cleveland, where various police have stood accused of protecting pimps, accepting payoffs to influence court cases and operating burglary rings, Mayor Ralph J. Perk is attacking corruption from the highest ground. Two weeks ago he picked a panel of five clergymen to investigate the charges. It was a beautifully balanced ticket: two Roman Catholic priests, one Baptist minister who is a black, one Hungarian Reformed Protestant minister and one rabbi...
Almost universally, Perk's idea was condemned as a copout. "A ridiculous diversion," scoffed the Cleveland Plain Dealer, which has been uncovering much of the chicanery. Republican Perk's political opponents said that he was merely grandstanding to raise support for his announced candidacy for the U.S. Senate, and indeed Perk has been having trouble getting his campaign off the ground. Speaking of the clergymen, Gerald T. McFaul, Democratic majority leader in the city council, thundered...
...Perk didn't get investigators-he got exorcists...
Chastened by the outcry, Perk last week relented and added four laymen to the commission; but the clergymen remain in the majority. A smart investigator, after all, need not be a prosecutor or a lawyer. Indeed, a corrupt cop might just be more willing to confess to clergymen, if only because they can keep secrets...
...Chris, who has several birth defects, was posing with Reagan in the Governor's Sacramento office for an Easter Seal fund-raising poster. "Hey," grinned Reagan, "I'm going to take your nose off too," and he returned a friendly tweak. Then he offered his constituent a perk: the jar of jelly beans he keeps on his desk...