Word: unpaid
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California Developer William Wilson, a member of President Reagan's kitchen cabinet, had served as Reagan's unpaid envoy to the Vatican since 1981. So he was an obvious choice for ambassador when the U.S. established diplomatic relations with the Holy See last March. His meddling in complex investigations, however, has been somewhat less than diplomatic...
...National News Council shortly before that independent watchdog group voted itself out of existence. On other potential conflicts of interest, he is a purist: "No journalist should have any personal involvements in politics or political activity beyond registering and voting; no government work at any level, paid or unpaid." With rules like these on many papers, press behavior in this and other matters is improving. Why, then, are the media mistrusted more than they used to be? Bailey finds one explanation in the conspicuous transgressions of "celebrity journalism...
...Boston mutual fund manager joined the Board of Overseers in 1967 and headed the treasurer search committee which, in 1973, ended up appointing him to the unpaid, part-time position...
...hours per week (the maximum allowed for casual employees on the University payroll), but he usually works 20-25 (which decreases his real hourly pay to the $4.75 to $6.00 range). In fact, each applicant for the job was asked whether he/she would be willing to work extra, unpaid hours for the Council. Also, the skills for this job are not found in all students--filing skills, typing skills, office maintenance, and the ability to work unsupervised...
There was even more bad news in the investigators' report: $1,200 in unpaid parking tickets, 38 building-code violations on rental property owned by Alvarado, and failure to disclose personal debt and child-support payments in mortgage applications. The district attorneys in Brooklyn and Manhattan have reportedly begun investigations for possible criminal charges...