Word: pots
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...dollars, degrade themselves in public, shake the hands of people they don't know or care to know, plaster friendly if sickly grins on their faces and fit themselves into a mold designed to "maximize" appeal. Little is sacred, because though the sacrifices are great, the reward--a pot of political gold--casts a spell not easily resisted...
Beyond the bar exam lies a pot of gold-at least for the top students recruited by the big corporate law firms. Starting salaries at the large Wall Street legal factories, which began bidding up the pay of new lawyers a decade ago, will rise by some 6% this year to about $33,000. Pacesetting firms in Houston, Chicago, Los Angeles and Washington offer...
...mine. Along the way, the phony sheik and his aides sought to protect his investments by buying political influence in Congress, in New Jersey's Casino Control Commission, the New Jersey legislature and the Philadelphia city council. When the FBI sting ended, its supervisors alleged that the honey pot of Arab money had attracted one U.S. Senator, seven members of the House and two dozen state and local officials or their corrupt cronies-all stung by facing possible charges of accepting bribes or being caught in an illegal conflict of interest...
...Kompong Som and at Phnom-Penh, there is no proof that Hanoi or Phnom-Penh is deliberately obstructing delivery. Distribution delays appear to be due to the lack of Cambodian administrators, the shortage of transportation, and continued fighting between the Vietnamese and forces loyal to the deposed Pol Pot regime...
...really honored to receive the Hasty Pudding Pot considering the contestants: all women," Streep said while the band played the theme from "The Seduction of Joe Tynan...