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...will not countenance any impression thatthis is a payment to the government or anadmission of liability or is in response to anyother external pressure or external internationalpolitical condition between our two countries,"White House spokesman Marlin Fitzwater said...
Particularly questionable was a $2,000 payment on April 1, 1987, by the Oshkosh Truck Corp. to each of six House Armed Services Committee members just for coming to breakfast. A few hours later, an Armed Services subcommittee passed a measure to force the Army to buy 500 more Oshkosh trucks than it needs. Coincidence, says Oshkosh...
Northrop admits paying $6.25 million to Park, who was known as "Pistol" Park because of his fondness for handguns. But the company contends the payment was a legal part of a so-called offset program, which many U.S. firms use to invest in countries that buy their goods. Northrop, claiming it was defrauded, is suing a group of Koreans allegedly involved with Park in the scandal. "We made the investment in good faith," a spokesman says...
...poor manage." Prices of staples like butter and eggs are rising as much as 15% a week, she reports, if they are available at all. Civil service pay is three to four months in arrears. For a while, Iran Air, the national carrier, accepted only U.S. dollars in payment for tickets because Tehran needed the scarce hard currency...
Although it is a non-profit institution and therefore exempt from most taxes. Harvard is still the city's largest taxpayer. The University pays millions of dollars in property taxes on its non-academic land holdings--including property managed by Harvard Real Estate--and also makes a voluntary tax payment of approximately $950,000 on its academic land and buildings...