Word: vouchers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...early October, it was revealed that Gregory A. Johnson '72, the graduate secretary of PBHA, allegedly attempted to funnel a $150 contribution from PBHA to the campaign of then-Cambridge City Council candidate Kenneth E. Reeves '72, a former PBHA committee head. Students charged that Johnson used a blank voucher signed by the student heads of the Academy Homes committee and submitted a fraudulent receipt to justify the expenditure...
...mums-the-word" rule derives from a federal regulation that makes it illegal to use any "record, voucher, money or thing of value of the United States" for personal...
...military service. What makes the Nunn bill even worse is that--in the manner of the current ROTC but on a much grander scale--it would force people into the military. Raymond Davis of the D.C. Student Coalition Against Apartheid and Racism concludes that, because the proposed military voucher is so much greater than the voucher for civilian service, young people "would be likely to take one of the military options...
Other telescam artists pretend to be travel agents offering extraordinary discounts. In Illinois, Scott Walker and his mother started World Travel Vacation Brokers in their garage, mailing flyers to consumers around the country that promised Hawaiian vacations for just $29. Gullible customers who called in their orders received a voucher entitling them to book a trip through the agency, but at a cost of several hundred dollars more. By the time FTC investigators took the company to court, the outfit had taken in more than $6 million...
...National Service Corps. Under the Nunn plan, high school graduates who seek federal financial aid for college are required to work for one year in the military or in civilian community service for a nominal salary (about $100 per week). In turn, they would receive a $10,000 voucher for civilian community work or a $12,000 voucher for military service that could be applied toward college or vocational school...