Word: stingingly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...heard in the Abscam cases. The lawyers for fallen Auto Magnate John Zachary De Lorean claim that he was a victim of entrapment when the FBI secretly filmed him fingering packets of cocaine in a Los Angeles hotel room nearly 17 months ago. The Government contends that its undercover sting was aimed at known drug smugglers and that De Lorean, to the astonishment of federal agents, walked right into the net. He is charged with conspiring to distribute $24 million worth of cocaine in a futile effort to raise funds and keep his ailing sports car company from going bankrupt...
...both Cornell and Princeton won't lose to night. And when the cagers dig deep, they know that. Then the hurt begins to sting, and the profound disappointment is realized...
...sting was part of Operation Exodus, an effort led by the Customs Service to stem the illicit export of defense-related technology. In this case, an undercover agent had posed as a defense-equipment broker and rented a New Jersey office as a front. The defendants, meeting with the agent in his office and unaware that hidden cameras were taping the session, offered to buy 100 transverse-wave-tube amplifiers, which are used in missile guidance systems, for $12,500 each. In addition, the suspects gave the agent a $1 billion shopping list of computers and other advanced electronic equipment...
...Customs Service got a tip from a defense industry firm in Los Angeles that Lin, a technical supervisor for AT&T Information Systems in New Jersey, had been asking about the availability of transverse-wave-tube amplifiers. Following that lead, an undercover customs agent telephoned Lin and set the sting in motion. The person who agreed to provide the money was Zheng, who is believed to be a citizen of China...
Lubbers responded quickly. Unemployment compensation was cut by 5%. The first of several planned reductions lowered the minimum wage by 2.5%. The biggest sting, however, was the 3% public-sector wage cut. Outraged transport workers responded by interrupting rail, bus and tram service for five weeks. Then the sanitation workers struck, turning Holland into a landscape of trash-and taking pains to block Lubbers' own street with refuse. A postal strike halted mail deliveries for three weeks. Still, Lubbers stood firm. After Parliament approved the wage cuts, the unions conceded. But Lubbers' victory came at a cost...