Word: travels
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Offering an example, Evans said one Black student was offered a grant of $85,000 over four years and $10,000 each summer for travel and research...
...takes a thief to catch a thief. Which is why an enterprising Rio broadcaster has signed up Ronald Biggs to dispense travel and safety advice to the thousands of delegates attending the Earth Summit next month. An alumnus of the legendary gang that heisted $7.3 million from a Glasgow-London mail train in 1963, Biggs has been a fugitive in Brazil for more than 20 years. He plans to counsel listeners on how to avoid the city's rampant street crime, and he may also throw in some practical tips to visitors on coddling a queasy stomach or dealing with...
...indictment states that, during a five-year period in the 1980s, McDade accepted money, air travel, use of vacation houses, even a golf umbrella from five manufacturers in exchange for help in obtaining defense contracts. Among the companies seeking favors were Sperry (now Unisys), Grumman and United Chem-Con, a now defunct contractor based in Lancaster, Penn. McDade -- who ran unopposed for his party's renomination two weeks ago and won the Democratic nomination as well on a write-in vote -- denied the charges, saying the investigation had turned his life into "a living nightmare...
...Tyson and his former manager, Bill Cayton, alleges that King charged Tyson $750,000 for "overhead" at the promoter's New York office, $100,000 in "consulting fees" for his wife, $2 million for him to acquire promotional rights to other fighters, as well as extravagant sums to cover travel expenses and personal security. The affidavit also says that Tyson attorney Vincent Fuller, who in 1985 successfully defended King against federal tax-evasion charges, recently accused the promoter of exploiting Tyson financially and hiring puppets to represent Tyson in financial matters. King, a wily and meddlesome motormouth...
...which detailed areas of concord and discord between the two parties. Until now, the Syrians have said they would deal seriously with Israel only after it agrees to withdraw from the disputed Golan Heights. Certainly, Damascus was responding to U.S. pressure when it announced that it was abolishing discriminatory travel restrictions on Syria's 4,500 Jews...