Word: tiered
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Last week's e-mail dump was the first detailed look the public has got into how Abramoff combined his top-tier connections with vast sums of money from his tribal clients to advance his interests. It shows how easy it is for seasoned operators to violate the spirit of the law--possibly while staying within the letter of it--as they peddle influence. The correspondence also lays bare that, of the $7.7 million Abramoff and fellow lobbyist Michael Scanlon charged the Choctaw for projects in 2001, they spent $1.2 million for their efforts and split the rest...
Actually the price reforms have much further to go. China at the moment has a two-tier system of state-set and market prices, sometimes on the same goods. Vice Premier Li Peng estimates that Peking still fixes prices on 70% of the products sold by state industries. There are other reminders of the heavy presence of the state. At Zhongshan University in Canton, 30% of the graduates are assigned to their first jobs by the State Labor Ministry in Peking. The remaining 70% are placed by university authorities after consultation with state industries and agencies; the graduates' wishes...
...guests to the Kennedy compound, where two huge white tents equipped with heavy sidewalls and heaters kept out the chill breeze off Nantucket Sound. Inside, fruit trees in full pink-and-white bloom gave the lie to the weather, and a sumptuous lunch was capped by an eight-tier wedding cake weighing a whopping 425 lbs. and topped by the traditional bride and groom figures...
...same is true of private equity and external hedge funds, Meyer adds. As a result, Harvard’s size could mean that once it has exhausted investment opportunities with top-tier firms, it has “to go down the quality spectrum [of firms], which is very dangerous,” according to Meyer...
...most impressive contest of the season came March 6 against NYU, a member of the top-tier Tait Division. Though the Crimson dropped the first frame, it took three of the next four games to thwart the Violets’ comeback bid and extend its winning streak to nine...