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...noted that, as the hour grew late on the night of the vote, first-term members were yanked into the cloakroom--and emerged white as sheets. Margolies-Mezvinsky was the last lamb to be sacrificed; that was merely bad luck. If there had been one more Republican representative to tip the scales, the final Democrat might have been someone else...

Author: By Joanna M. Weiss, | Title: `New Democrats' And Other Tall Tales | 9/15/1993 | See Source »

...crime is hugely profitable and very difficult to detect," says Bucks County prosecutor Carolyn Oliver. "Wills' million-dollar ring is the biggest we've ever seen here, but it's just the tip of the iceberg." Salvage yards and body shops across the country will pay illegal suppliers like Wills $5,000 total for the front end, back clip, engine, radio, doors and bumpers of a typical late-model car. The parts are then resold to insurance companies, marked up 200% to 300% of their black-market cost. Last year 40,000 cars were stolen in the Philadelphia area alone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Car Thief At Large | 8/16/1993 | See Source »

...giant -- and began his downfall. From the start, there were rumors that kickbacks had been paid to political parties in return for approving the deal. Gardini soon found himself in conflict with Cagliari, ENI's ambitious chief. Each man controlled 40% of Enimont, but the Ferruzzi boss tried to tip the balance by having friends purchase a majority of the outstanding 20% stock. In the end Cagliari prevailed, and in November 1990 ENI bought out Gardini's stake at an apparently politically sanctioned inflated price...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Death Before Disgrace | 8/9/1993 | See Source »

After all, Thomas McLarty, President Clinton's centrist Chief of Staff, was the force behind her nomination. But Clinton should have realized that only a strong, if mild-mannered, liberal could tip the balance in the highly conservative high court...

Author: By Daniel Altman, | Title: A Different Kind of Motley Crew | 7/27/1993 | See Source »

Furth also noted that the most valuable thing stolen from the museum--a camera with an estimated value of between $4,000 and $6,000--had been recovered by Harvard police. In addition, Furth said, a tip from him led to the recovery of other stolen materials...

Author: By Joe Mathews, | Title: Museum Official Could Be Fired | 7/27/1993 | See Source »

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