Word: rankins
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Congressional investigators believe that the IRS in its investigation of Saranow not only ignored key witnesses but also kept him abreast of the case as it developed. John Rankin Jr., the retired IRS assistant commissioner for inspection who oversaw the Saranow investigation, denies a whitewash. "I think Ron made some bad judgments, but I don't think he committed a crime," he says...
...they railed against Hightower. They were joined by an array of cattlemen, grain-elevator operators and pesticide makers, who charged that Hightower is pursuing political ambitions instead of looking after the state's farmers. But supporters of small-farm interests rallied just as staunchly to his defense. Said Joe Rankin, president of the Texas Farmers Union: "The entrenched powers feel alienated. Jim won't get into bed with the good ole boys...
...list of human rights, Israel would rankin the top 10 percent," Dershowitz told theaudience, urging listeners to " compare Israel'sminimal violation of human rights" to that of thePalestinian states. "There are more human rightsviolations in one day in Jordan than Israel hashad in all of these recent years...
...service, it is servitude." Besides, say participants, the spirit of giving does not need that goad. The personal satisfaction, the real-world exposure, the "chance to give something back," as dozens of volunteers put it, is enough. "In class, we study the big questions," says Georgetown Student Elaine Rankin. "At the homeless shelter we live the big questions...
...commission staff study urged more active pursuit of corrupt Mob lawyers, calling for extensive use of electronic surveillance and in some cases even - undercover agents to root out the crooked lawyers. A somewhat stepped-up attack has already begun. One catch was Philadelphia Lawyer Kevin Rankin, who discussed his work for a local Mob family and boasted of being like the consigliere in The Godfather. His listener was an FBI undercover agent posing as a corrupt Miami lawyer, and Rankin is now serving a 54-year term for drug conspiracy. Federal lawmen are also trying to nail lawyers who represent...