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What can be done to stop the bribery? The most obvious possibility is the one urged by Arthur Burns: passage of a law that would make bribery of foreign officials a crime in the U.S., punishable by heavy fines and jail sentences for offending executives. There would be many difficulties...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SCANDALS: THE BIG PAYOFF | 2/23/1976 | See Source »

Tricky Question. Abroad, he was better informed. In fact, Dorsey himself in 1966 and 1971 ordered payments totaling about $4 million to politicians in South Korea, where Gulf has sizable operations. The question of whether to pay was tricky, because the line was so fine between bribery on Gulfs part...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SCANDALS: Gulf Leads Toward a Cleanup | 1/26/1976 | See Source »

RICHARD ("Tricky") NIXON, veteran: Banned from season play as a result of his placing bugs and other objects in Democrat's playing equipment; was found out when he taped himself to improve his fielding average; explained away unpopularity by citing the support of a 'silent majority', presumably TV fans.

Author: By Sam Pillsbury, | Title: Spring Training for Presidents | 1/20/1976 | See Source »

Ever since teeth were put into the Clean Air Act more than five years ago, Detroit's automakers have waged a continuing battle with Congress and Government regulators over the timetable and standards for cleaning up exhaust emissions from the nation's cars. They have won some delays...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AUTOS: Grasping for Clean Air | 1/19/1976 | See Source »

Other trials await actors too. Things are slightly less hectic now that the shows are taped. But a complete show must still be rehearsed, blocked and taped within twelve hours. Actors frequently call each other by their real names on-camera or get so confused by stage blocking that they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Sex and Suffering in the Afternoon | 1/12/1976 | See Source »

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