Word: tysons
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Dershowitz's previous celebrity clients have included Leona Helmsley, Claus von Bulow and former boxing heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson...
...Justice Department acknowledged that it was investigating whether Agriculture Secretary Mike Espy improperly accepted gifts, such as free travel and sports tickets, from Tyson Foods, the giant Arkansas-based poultry company with close ties to the Clintons. Espy, whose department regulates poultry producers, denied any wrongdoing...
...Clinton was the most forthcoming about her relationship with Jim Blair, a lawyer for Tyson Foods, who placed most of her commodity trades during her brief speculation with cattle futures in 1978-80. Blair, she explained, came to her with what she said was "a great opportunity to make money." Mrs. Clinton admitted that she relied heavily on Blair, an active commodities trader, when she turned a $1,000 investment into a $105,000 profit. "I relied primarily on his advice," she said, "because he really spent an enormous time studying the market." If Mrs. Clinton was worried about...
What can be done? The Administration's emphasis, says Tyson, is on improving "the quantity and quality of jobs." Clinton, in a speech last week, mentioned one approach: overhauling the unemployment-compensation system so that anyone registering will be offered retraining and placement assistance, not just money. That is precisely the kind of initiative, however, that has been starved for funds as the Administration and Congress struggle to reduce the budget deficit...
...White House has helped keep the story going by altering its version on an almost daily basis. At first, the White House said Mrs. Clinton did the trading herself, with the help of several advisers, including James Blair, then an outside counsel for Tyson Foods, Inc., the largest agribusiness in Arkansas. But now, the White House acknowledged, Blair, acting on Mrs. Clinton's advice, placed most of the trades himself. Blair, currently Tyson's general counsel, told TIME last Friday he probably "transmitted" all but two of 32 trades. "I turned the order in," said Blair. "Did I create...