Word: scheme
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Mecham's brother Willard, who served as treasurer in his campaign, was indicted on three separate counts in the alleged scheme. Mecham reported the loan to the state last November, only after it was disclosed by reporters. The indictment was but the latest in a series of woes for the Governor, who faces possible impeachment proceedings in the Arizona legislature as well as an impending recall election...
...worth $10 billion when they mature in 20 years. The U.S. bonds would then serve as collateral for the new Mexican paper. While the proposal may be a breakthrough in the debt standoff, the $10 billion in loan relief would still leave Mexico with a daunting load. Moreover, the scheme may not be readily adaptable for such other debtor nations as Brazil and Argentina, which cannot match Mexico's relatively healthy $15 billion in foreign currency reserves...
...revolutionary technology. The Soviet proposal is to approach suspect vessels by helicopter or ship and bombard them with high-energy neutrons emitted by portable particle accelerators. These neutrons would provoke fission reactions within any nuclear warheads on board and release detectable streams of neutron and gamma-ray emissions. The scheme is feasible, say U.S. experts, but could be foiled by shielding the warheads with thick layers of water and wax. "We looked at that technology very, very carefully a couple of years ago," says one U.S. official, "and we are skeptical...
...grand scheme of apartheid, large blocks of territory would be settled with blacks and turned into "independent" satellites of Pretoria. Transkei, the first such state, was created in 1976 and has no international recognition. Still, to Pretoria's chagrin, Transkei behaves like many other nations. It has scandals and corruption, and last week it had its second coup in three months...
...Command in Panama, which is the U.S. military headquarters for Latin America. Miranda charged that last August, as relations between the Reagan Administration and Noriega soured, the Panamanian told Wheelock that he wanted to send arms through Nicaragua to the Salvadoran rebels. Miranda claimed that top Sandinistas approved the scheme, but he does not know if the shipment took place...