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...disturbing tendency of unchecked corporate influence, though, is the blatant corruption rampant among the big business elite. In recent years about 500 American firms have admitted to "illegal or improper payoffs abroad" totalling more than $1 billion. In addition, less obviously illegal--but often more harmful--acts result from unclear and unenforced regulation. Companies usually explain "chemical crime," the deliberate proliferation of toxic wastes and other chemicals into the environment, by pleading ignorance of the consequence of their actions. Ford Motor Company knew that Pintos often exploded on rear-end impact; Firestone failed to disclose evidence that its Radial...
Consulting for Washington is Big Business, the hearings showed, though just how big is unclear. The GAO report estimates that federal agencies are spending between $1 billion and $2 billion a year on such services, but because there is no clear definition of a "consultant contract," GAO officials admit that the figure could just as easily top $5 billion. There are more than 1,000 firms in the advising business in the Washington area alone, and for years they have been known as the Beltway Bandits, since so many are clustered along the highway that circles the city. Trying...
...ethics of scientific research are a problem, Everett I. Mendelsohn, professor of the History of Science, said, because it is unclear to whom scientists are accountable for their work...
What happened next is still unclear, mostly because it is not known how much Hunt may have borrowed to buy his silver and how badly the borrowing may have strained even his resources. But last week stories spread that he was selling silver in Europe, and traders interpreted that as a signal that he was running out of cash. Then Bunker, Herbert and their associates offered to sell billions of dollars worth of bonds in Europe to be backed by a "substantial portion" of the estimated 200 million oz. of silver they hold. These bonds would pay a low rate...
...victim, sometimes filling up the entire larynx so that the child can barely breathe. The only treatment has been to cut them out, but they tend to recur quickly, requiring new surgery; one of Strander's patients had had 400 operations. Here too IF worked, though it was unclear whether its antiviral or antigrowth action was responsible. It diminished the growths in four cases and completely eliminated them in three. When the injections stop, though, the growths recur. Says Strander: "We're now trying to work out a maintenance schedule...