Word: rewarded
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...twice by direct calls from Papandreou. In the summer of 1988, the government muscled through a special Secrecy Act that had the effect of guaranteeing its overdrawn banker financial confidentiality. Koskotas says he was directed to pay an additional $2 million to then Deputy Prime Minister Koutsogiorgas as a reward for managing the legislation...
Scarce rent-controlled apartments are often distributed based not at all on need or merit, but via "Reward for Rent-Controlled Apartment" posters on our streets. One current sign, for example, stuck in front of the Coop bookstore building, offers (on professionally printed, slick, self-stick paper) $1500 cash for information leading to a rentcontrolled apartment. This money is customarily paid to a tenant moving out, for introducing the reward payer to the landlord...
During halftime of last Saturday's Harvard-Princeton men's basketball game at Briggs Cage, freshman Steve Brown--vying for the "Bermuda Shoot" prize--sank a basket from mid-court. The reward Brown expected was two tickets for spring break vacation to Bermuda...
...Going in, we would like to find ourselves ahead of the pack, if not with the two favorites," Coach Joe Bernal said. "If either Princeton or Penn State swims poorly, I feel that a second-place finish would be reward enough for a season of rebuilding...
Being an honest chap, with a genuine passion for the great show-biz tunes and turns, Bert finally rebels against this demeaning chicanery. The reward for his pains: a trip to Hollywood and a chance to discover that its streets are paved with poseurs, among whom lurks a comically glorious Anne Bancroft, playing a randy Beverly Hills princess...