Word: subornation
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...cannonade of charges and countercharges: that she was a loose woman, that she took dope, that she was addicted to alcohol and even drank hair dye to get it. Did Seymour hire a model to leave Harriet's offices-"clad only in blue tights"? Did he suborn witnesses to swear it was Harriet? These questions are not resolved. What is clear is the fact that Harriet was put into an insane asylum. New York in the '90s was no place or time to go mad in. Harriet Hubbard Ayer had a terrible time of it for 14 months...
...study of the RFC progressed, we were confronted more & more with problems of ethical conduct ... How do we deal with those who, under the guise of friendship, accept favors which offend the spirit of the law, but do not violate its letter? "What of the men outside Government who suborn those inside it? They are careful to see that they do not do anything that can be construed as illegal. They operate through lawyers- men who are known as clever lawyers a cleverness which is like the instinct of the rat that knows how to get the bait without getting...