Word: recruits
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Though Takeshita appeared determined to grit through the crisis, the spreading scandal -- the country's most pervasive in modern times -- may yet topple his Liberal Democratic Party government, much as a series of financial misdeeds brought down Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka in 1974. Since Recruit's involvement in influence peddling among the political bigwigs first came to | light in the press last June, 20 people have been forced to resign, including three members of Takeshita's Cabinet. The list of those implicated, numbering 155, includes not only L.D.P. and opposition politicians but also prominent members of Japan's powerful government...
...Diet. The embattled Japanese leader made a series of extraordinary admissions to a special session of the Diet budget committee. Last October Takeshita flatly denied any connection to the burgeoning scandal that has linked dozens of Japanese politicians and bureaucrats to a money-and-favor game played by the Recruit Co., a $3.25 billion information-and-real-estate conglomerate. But last week Takeshita conceded that over the years he and others close to him received nearly $1 million from Recruit. Referring to his October disclaimer, Takeshita pleaded a faulty memory: "I probably did not have a clear recollection...
Cornelia Tietke '91 is an American History and Literature concentrator whose main role in the group is to recruit people from Dunster House. She says she is frustrated with the limited response that the service has received. "I've done two shifts so far and have been kind of disappointed with the response," Tietke says. "I think the people who know about it and use it regularly appreciate it, but we definitely need more publicity...
...Because the needs are so urgent, one must assume that the nation will eventually do what is required to create a quality of government equal to the challenges we face. At some point, we will have to raise the salaries of public servants, intensify our efforts to recruit good people to government, increase the opportunities for able civil servants to advance, and provide them the education and training they need to perform their responsibilities with distinction. Only when that time comes will universities be able to make their full contribution to the quality of government in America. It will...
...Tigers also recruit players for their team, including Diana Gee, who was on the U.S. Olympic team last year. Princeton also has access to a tournament-quality facility (Dillon Gymnasium) and a paid coach...