Word: scheme
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...energy, as he did last week when he fired Prime Minister Victor Chernomyrdin and his entire Cabinet. With one sharp stroke, Yeltsin eliminated everyone he thought might be a threat to his political future. He left the reactionaries, the nationalists, the billionaire crony capitalists to pick themselves up, to scheme and struggle over whom to back and how to lay hands on still more of the vast wealth of Russia. During Yeltsin's most recent illness, they had begun to act as if his reign had ended and he didn't have to be taken into account. Yeltsin knew that...
...picture windows look out over a nearby park, reminding the clients of the world beyond. The owners have decorated the dining room with relics to provide the establishment with a more authentic air. Various statues with religious themes are displayed around the room, and the gold and red color scheme is done tastefully enough to satisfy even the most picky grandmother...
...scandals and intrigue, Nathan Landow seems to show up in more than his share. His dealings with Native American donors to the Democratic Party in 1996 landed him in the sights of congressional investigators. A House committee is probing any role he may have played in a suspected scheme to buy the silence of disgraced Clinton pal Webster Hubbell in the Whitewater affair. In the most provocative charge yet, Kathleen Willey fingered him on 60 Minutes as the man who tried to get her to deny an alleged sexual advance by Clinton. But was Nate Landow a secret Clinton operative...
...Attorney in Manhattan asking them not to question a key witness about "any matters involving the Democratic National Committee [or] the Clinton/Gore Election Committee...because it could harm the active, ongoing criminal investigation." Investigators say the letter shows that the New York grand jury has targeted an alleged scheme in which Democrats would direct campaign contributions to Carey in return for contributions to state Democratic parties out of Teamster union funds...
...Attorney in Manhattan asking them not to question a key witness about ?any matters involving the Democratic National Committee (or) the Clinton/Gore Election Committee... because it could harm the active, ongoing criminal investigation.? Investigators say the letter shows that the New York grand jury has targeted an alleged scheme in which Democrats would direct campaign contributions to Carey in return for contributions to state Democratic parties out of Teamster union funds...