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Hughes, who is notoriously distrustful of everyone, became suspicious of some of his Las Vegas employees last February after a tip-off from federal investigators, who are investigating corruption in the Hughes Nevada operation. Huge kickbacks, it was said, were received on the purchases of old and largely worthless Nevada mining properties, for which Hughes had paid $2,000,000 more than they were worth. In another deal, one prospective seller was asked for a $250,000 payoff in return for persuading the boss to buy a piece of land on the Las Vegas Strip. Payments were demanded from entertainers...
With Cambodia and Kent State and the student strike in May, Studds waited expectantly for the onslaught of student volunteers said to be flocking to congressional campaigns. The tip-off should have come one day in late May, when organizers for Movement for a New Congress (MNC) promised 200 volunteers to canvass, and five showed up. But throughout the spring and summer Studds coordinators diligently sought out the students with little or no success. During the two-week break of the Princeton Plan, exactly five students showed up to work. Only on November 3 did students from the Boston area...
...news from the constituencies was the first tip-off that he was on his way to a victory: the smooth Tory machine had turned out a very big vote...
President watchers have an eye for detail all their own. In the Jan. 17 issue of the New Republic, John Osborne accuses Richard Nixon of dyeing his hair. The tip-off supposedly came when Nixon appeared on a steamy night in Gulfport, Miss.; sweat, said Osborne, washed away...
...like some doctors, according to ability to pay ?Righter is dictating the newspaper columns and potboilers that constitute the real financial base of the astrology business. These include Carroll Righter's Astrological Forecast, a six-page printed sheet for each sign of the zodiac giving a brief, ambiguous tip-off on what to expect for every day of a given month ($1 a copy, $10 by the year). Next month P. G. Putnam's Sons will publish his Astrological Guide to Marriage and Family Relationships. In the works: Astrological Guide to Business and Finance...