Word: scheme
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...Earlier ones totaling nearly 2,000 lbs. had already made their way onto the streets of American cities. A DEA investigation then uncovered a scandal in which a fellow U.S. agency, the CIA, may have unwittingly helped Venezuelan paramilitary officers run a profitable coke-trafficking operation. Details of the scheme emerged last week as the CIA, prompted by reports that TV's 60 Minutes was preparing an expose, acknowledged that its actions in Venezuela were "regrettable" and the result of "poor judgment." Says one DEA official, "They got caught with their pants down...
...simply put, the fund drive. The Bok Center, the Social Science Center, and the post-restructuring era of intellectual fertilization are a mobilizing myth. To prospective donors, more chairs, more financial aid, and other quantitative goals are boring. Much more exciting is the prospect of funding a dynamic scheme with easily visible results that will bring about a qualitative change in the academy. The plan may cost millions of dollars, but an inspiring "vision" that excites the alumni can bring in billions...
Critics have long charged that Carey stood by while his own local, 804, was infiltrated by organized crime. In 1992, Carey's treasurer was barred from the union for allegedly taking kickbacks in return for investing the local's money in a pension-fund scheme. Carey, who received immunity in return for testimony, stated he had no knowledge of those investments, even though they were the local's biggest cash outlay in the early...
Stop for how long? The scheme has never been tested in a man-made impoundment, nor at 9,000 to 10,000 ft. in mountainous terrain subject to very heavy snowfalls, avalanches, flooding, severe underground seepage and seismic activity. If, or when, the tailings dump fails, it will funnel heavy metals into Fisher Creek, which becomes the Clarks Fork of the Yellowstone River, the only "wild and scenic" river in northwestern Wyoming. If the Army Corps of Engineers or the Environmental Protection Agency vetoes the wetlands destruction, the next best site would require a more complicated...
...design is one of three plans devised as alternatives to Scheme Z, which called for three massive river bridges carrying 16 lanes oftraffic and six loop ramps rising 105 feet abovethe north bank of the Charles. Some key trafficroutes would have required double crossings of theriver under Scheme...