Word: worth
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...legalistic. Having found "reason to believe" that House rules were violated, the congressional equivalent of an indictment, the ethics committee must now judge whether there is "clear and convincing evidence" of the violations. In a couple of cases, the situation remains murky. One question, for example, is whether Fort Worth businessman George Mallick, who showered gifts on Wright and his wife, had a "direct interest" in legislation. If he did not, then Wright's acceptance of the gifts was no violation of House rules...
...buying them. The chief beneficiary of the trend is GPA Group of Shannon, Ireland, the world's largest jet-leasing company. Last week GPA confirmed its dominance by ordering 308 new planes valued at $17 billion, the biggest such purchase in history. Seattle's Boeing will supply 182 jets worth $9.4 billion, Europe's Airbus Industrie 54 for $4.3 billion, and St. Louis-based McDonnell Douglas 72 for $3.1 billion...
...whole, Video Sickness is an energetic and often entertaining piece of work. It's worth seeing. Its problems in editing and cliched writing may cause a few yawns at some points in the film, but its fast-paced variety and skillful acting save it from growing stale...
Vowing to "fight to the last ounce of conviction and energy," Wright offered a point-by-point rebuttal of the three main charges against him. What made the nightly news, however, was his tearful defense of his wife Betty, whose salary from a Fort Worth developer is alleged to have been a way of funneling cash to the Speaker. Chin trembling, he declared, "I will damn well fight to protect her honor and integrity from any challenge, from any source, whatever the cost...
...Checkers speech about Pat and the cloth coat. Eisenhower knew then that Nixon was not going to go away but would fight to the death to hold on to his nomination. No one heard any No. 2 lead pencils breaking when Wright said, "There are some things worth fighting for." But it is far from clear that his colleagues were prepared to battle to the last with...