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...slush and water created a nuisance for pedestrians. One sophomore entering the Yard through a flooded archway on Massachusetts Avenue said, "You really have to pick and choose where you walk...
...case, staged a three-day orgy at the TraveLodge in downtown San Antonio, where some Bell women employees became party girls Ashley also accused the company of giving top executives a $1,000 raise on the understanding that it was to be donated in $50 installments to a political slush fund. The pot was used for contributions to local and state officials friendly to Bell rate increases. Ward K. Wilkinson, the company's Austin lobbyist, admitted that he collected $1,200 a month from Bell executives for a political fund that was kept in cash in his office safe...
...bunting into an air-conditioned, mirrored tack room. As butlers proffered champagne from silver trays, Madden screened footage of his past turf champions. Tom Gentry, the showman of the bluegrass, hawked his yearlings like a carnival huckster, giving away Tom Gentry T shirts, Tom Gentry hats and Tom Gentry Slush, a rum and lime concoction. Seth Hancock, breeder for Claiborne Farm, conducted business more sedately. His yearlings were paraded six at a time before sharp-eyed trainers searching for tiny flaws: a foot that was slightly crooked, a back with too much sway, undersized hindquarters, oversized hocks. No frills, just...
...abandon schemes to force students to return their books on time and Cambridge officials continue to fret over illegally parked cars. And the town remains, as The Crimson warned incoming freshmen more than two decades ago "a dreary place, given to rain and coal smoke and brown, granulated slush." Perhaps most importantly, or to some, most disappointingly, the campus has recaptured the quietude and air of normalcy that enveloped it in those early peaceful days 29 Septembers...
Varley ordered Ryder to lead an investigation into the slush-fund charges, but pressure was mounting on the government to conduct a separate inquiry. In any case, the discovery of some noncontract payments abroad would hardly come as a surprise. Sir Fred Catherwood, chairman of the British Overseas Trade Board, candidly admitted last week that "in one-third of our markets, bribery is a way of life." Nonetheless, the Daily Mail's story could hardly have come at a more awkward time. Only two weeks ago, at the London summit, British officials joined representatives from the U.S. and other...