Word: agreements
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...much time should America's most famous Wall Street criminal spend in the slammer? Junk-bond king Michael Milken, who is scheduled to be sentenced Oct. 1, could get up to 28 years. He has already been punished financially: last April, when Milken reached an agreement with prosecutors to plead guilty to six of the 98 counts of securities fraud and other crimes leveled against him, he was ordered to pay $200 million in fines and $400 million in restitution. Scores of Milken's friends -- and a smattering of his foes -- have deluged New York Federal District Court Judge Kimba...
Meanwhile, federal prosecutors are doing some lobbying of their own. They filed a sealed report last week asking Wood to consider at least some of the dozens of other allegations against Milken that the government dropped in its plea-bargain agreement. Judges are free to weigh dismissed counts in reaching a sentence. But if Wood does decide to review the dropped charges, Milken has the right to defend himself at a hearing that could add months to the sentencing process...
...matters, the group asserted, demanded urgent attention. First, the nation's defenses must be stiffened. Prince Salman nodded in agreement. Second, the businessmen said with some trepidation, the people of Saudi Arabia must have a greater say in the affairs of the land. The prince, reported one participant, listened to this second petition, "but he didn't like what he heard...
...neutering of Iraq's capabilities in these areas be negotiated? "In theory, yes," says a State Department official. "An overall Middle East arms-reduction agreement might be created, but that's the longest of shots. The fact is that if we are serious about going beyond getting Saddam out of Kuwait, and we are damn serious about it, then war is just about inevitable...
...pages long. Not only is the document "extremely general," according to those who have read it, but it is being kept secret at the request of the Saudi government. Defense Secretary Dick Cheney, who negotiated it in Jidda last month, described it as a "sort of" status-of-forces agreement, something that usually takes the form of a treaty...