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...make illegal political donations in the future. It also bared many secrets. In June the company submitted a 539-page report, prepared by a special committee of the board, containing exhaustive information on how Ashland executives had managed to divert corporate assets into an $800,000 U.S. political slush fund that was kept hidden in a safe. The report also indicated that from 1967 to 1972 a CIA operative was on Ashland's payroll, and that the CIA reimbursed the company for part of his salary...
...looked like the aftermath of a Three Stooges pie-throwing party. The sun was making headway against all the stickiness, washing it smooth with the pale glow of pink lemonade. You hardly notice skies around Cambridge: all spring means is that you pick your eyes up from the slush and mud puddles and occasional faces where they've rested all winter, and look at the trees now and then. But when you're on a ship in the South Atlantic the sky makes your whole world because it blends with the sea out there at infinity. You become...
...company failed to include in its proxy statements and annual reports the fact that it had "created a secret fund of corporate monies for the making of unlawful political contributions and other purposes." The SEC also charged that Gulfs balance sheets were understated because they failed to reflect the slush fund's value. Gulf signed a consent decree in which it agreed not to sin in the future. But Wild, who resigned last year after paying his fine, refused to sign the decree...
...young couple were in their Chevy and headed through the slush of Route 1-95 toward the White House. They listened to the news of Ford's southern excursion on the car radio, reached the southwest gate of the White House grounds just before 7 and parted, Ann to drive on to her job as a congressional staffer on the Hill, Roger to tramp through the piled-up snow to Room 200 in the Executive Office Building...
...limited to four simple commands -Gee for turn right. Haw for left. Hike for go, and Whoa for stop-found the going tricky, and there were five spills on Suicide Hill. The teams are paced by their drivers, who must take care not to burn them out in heavy slush. When a burst of speed is needed, drivers sometimes "pump" (give a series of short one-legged kicks in the snow) to aid their animals. Some drivers hold a "snub line" to prevent the animals from running off without them in the event of an overturn...