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Clintonite cleared of taking bribe from Vietnamese businessman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Winners & Losers: Feb. 14, 1994 | 2/14/1994 | See Source »

This administrative bribe, or tax abatement, has become the weapon of choice in a destructive economic turf war raging among Balkanized areas across the country...

Author: By Benjamin J. Heller, | Title: The Siren Call of Tax Abatements | 12/11/1993 | See Source »

...That we have to bribe Harvard $5 a month to use other services is absurd," says Pidot...

Author: By Jonathan A. Lewin, | Title: Monopolizing the Phone Lines | 12/6/1993 | See Source »

...avert a crisis, the U.S. can do nothing but give ground; the best bribe it can offer, of course, is that of diplomatic recognition and free trade. But here, just as with China, the opposition holds all the cards. If North Korea fails to give in to economic pressure, the U.S. has proven that it will do little but threaten and dawdle--as in Bosnia, where sanctions have done little to stop the slaughter...

Author: By Timothy P. Yu, | Title: Clinton's Reluctant Donkey | 12/3/1993 | See Source »

...largest problem, which she must face without the help of Rollins or most of her campaign staff, is dealing with the scores of Black ministers who were outraged and demeaned by Rollins' statements. Not only did Rollins implicate himself in criminal wrongdoing, but he called a lot of pastors bribe-takers. The Whitman people have pointed to the ministers as evidence that the pay-offs never happened, but they neglect one crucial point of law--it's just as much a crime to offer a bribe if it isn't taken...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Re-running Democracy | 11/29/1993 | See Source »

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