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...Mayor Errichetti, 51, who is also a New Jersey state senator. Errichetti listened attentively as the undercover agents explained that their sheik was interested in investing money in the Camden seaport and might like to open a casino in Atlantic City as well. Television cameras put the scenes on tape as the mayor said he could help the sheik with his investments-for a fee of $400,000. Errichetti accepted $25,000 in cash as a down payment for his services, according to Government sources. To get a casino license, Errichetti said, Kenneth MacDonald, vice chairman of the Casino Control...
...minute, what you are suggesting may be illegal." Pressler quickly rejected any idea of a donation and walked out of the house. Later, FBI Director Webster called the Senator to say he had performed "beautifully" on the FBI'S video tape. Commented Pressler: "I find it somewhat repulsive that I'm on tape, but now I'm called a hero. It's a sad state of affairs when it's heroic to turn down a potential bribery situation." The fallout from Abscam was indeed a serious matter. Along with the further erosion of public confidence...
...After jockeying for position during the first mile, the Harvard trio of Ellen Hart, Kristin Mertz and Diane Jacobson held the first three slots in a synchronized blur of Crimson. The Harvard pack held tight until Hart, with a half mile remaining, turned on the jets and broke the tape in 11:21.3. Mertz took second and Jacobson third to complete the sweep...
...match punctuated with name calling and charges of lying. The performance threatened to undermine further the credibility of the city's leaders in the eyes of the financiers whose help is so desperately needed. Said one distressed viewer: "The only hope for the schools is to get this tape destroyed before anyone from Moody's or Standard & Poor's sees...
Murray, finally showing signs of life, dropped a coke can on the locker-room floor where it joined orange peels, tape and other coke cans dropped with similar cathartic emotion...