Word: wilson
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...million dollars in economic aid in 1977 and 1978 were nevertheless added to a total of more than $300 million that Nicaragua has received from the U.S. government since the second World War. The reason was that some of Somoza's powerful friends in Congress, notably Representatives Charles Wilson (D-Tex.) and John Murphy (D-N.Y.), Somoza's roommate at West Point, threatened to slash foreign aid to several countries if our trusted anti-Communist ally in Nicaragua was slighted. That annual shipment of $12 million has now been suspended, but $30 million in bilateral economic assistance already approved...
...average student salesman works 12 1/2 to 13 1/2 hours a day, and six days a week, clearing approximately $1000 profit in his first summer of work, Wilson said...
...Wilson said he "cared so little" for the money he made recruiting students that "I couldn't tell you" how much it has amounted to in past years...
Students had mixed reactions to Wilson's recruiting, with many students saying that the presentation is "high pressured...
...Wilson said he does not use psychological pressure to get other students to work for the company...