Word: sams
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Former South Korean President Roh Tae-woo was arrested today on charges of bribery as the widening investigation reached the office of president Kim Young-sam. The embattled ex-president, whom some prominent Koreans have openly advised to commit suicide, could face criminal prosecution on charges of maintaining an illegal slush fund. Roh has admitted to collecting $650 million while in office, but says he was following in the footsteps of his predecessors, who routinely used the slush fund to finance election campaigns, bribe opposition politicians and invest for personal profit. The real fallout could come if prosecutors discover that...
Prosecutors have called former South Korean President Roh Tae-woo in for a second round of questions about his finances in an investigation that could determine the fate of current president Kim Young-sam. The embattled ex-president, whom some prominent compatriots have openly advised to commit suicide, could face criminal prosecution on charges of maintaining an illegal slush fund. Roh has admitted to collecting $650 million while in office, but says he was following in the footsteps of his predecessors, who routinely used the slush fund to finance election campaigns, to bribe opposition politicians and to invest for personal...
Copycat, directed by Jon Amiel (The Singing Detective, Sommersby), means to be a Greatest Hits album of atrocities. Its murderer has eyes to replicate the artistry of such superstar psychos as Son of Sam, Jeffrey Dahmer, the Boston and Hillside Stranglers--that crowd. His pursuer is a crafty cop (Holly Hunter). His nemesis is a psychologist (Sigourney Weaver) who studies the serial killer's mentality. And his hero is a recently arrested multiple murderer (cleverly played by saloon crooner Harry Connick Jr. as if he were a more deranged cousin of Jim Varney's goony Ernest character...
...applicants for every minimum-wage opening.... Most blacks seeking work at Harlem fast-food chains have applied for four or five other jobs." Newman's study suggests to me that "poor blacks" in the "inner-cities" are looking more intensely for jobs than for "a helping hand" from Uncle Sam...
...Rabin was a special symbol for us," Israeli author David Grossman told TIME's Sam Allis. "He was our mythological Sabra. He symbolized a certain uniqueness in the Israeli people. This was murdered today. He was very simple, very straight-forward. His Hebrew was rough. He was a man of action, not of words. That was his charm in the eyes of Israel. He expressed exactly what he thought." Grossman predicted in September that there would be bloodshed between the Israeli government and right-wing extremists, Allis recalls, citing the Israelis who called Rabin "murderer" and "a traitor...