'Not just another brown envelope.(Features)

Daily Post (Liverpool, England);  October 20, 2005 ;     366 words ......handed a blunt reminder that beef farmers no longer receive brown envelope payments - just for keeping cattle. It came from the National...SFP as yet another form of direct income in a government brown envelope, he said. It was not widely appreciated that it will only...

Sleazy does it with brown envelope cash

Evening News - Scotland;  April 24, 2002 ;     557 words ......one, invited guests were handed brown envelopes stuffed with cash, which...when they were handed GBP 40 in a brown envelope. The money, presented by the research...inquired if it would be used notes in a brown envelope. The staffer confirmed that it would...and cash for questions, and other ...

It's the physicist's curse: a brown envelope through the post AMATEUR...

The Sunday Telegraph London;  May 27, 2001 ;     631 words ......a lot to answer for. Every few weeks, I get yet another brown envelope from someone proving that the Theory of Relativity - or...president of the London Mathematical Society, received a brown envelope from an accountant at the Madras Port Trust named S Ramanujan...

Called up for the mines ; The brown envelope was waiting for Alan Lane as...

Western Daily Press (Bristol UK);  June 24, 2008 ;     700+ words ...The brown envelope was waiting for Alan Lane as he came through the door of his parents...was the moment a shadow fell on his life. The contents of that brown envelope would shatter his dreams of serving with the Royal Navy; consign...

Office hates - from the dreaded brown envelope to `Wonderbras get in free'...

Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales);  April 21, 2003 ;     200 words ......Come midday and the smell of a hot, greasy pasty can head over to you. Someone is already eating at their desk; 3. The brown envelope. You hear the rattle of loose change in the manila and know you're going to be asked to contribute to a leaving gift for...

Fed: Kernot denies any knowledge of brown envelope deal

AAP General News (Australia);  December 1, 2000 ;     335 words ...AAP General News (Australia) 12-01-2000 Fed: Kernot denies any knowledge of brown envelope deal CANBERRA, Dec 1 AAP - Former Australian Democrats leader Cheryl Kernot today denied any knowledge of a Labor payment to a...

corrupt

The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus;      160 words ...corrupt • adjective   1. a corrupt official | corrupt practices synonyms : dishonest, unscrupulous, dishonorable, unprincipled, unethical, amoral, untrustworthy, venal, underhanded, double-dealing, fraudulent, bribable, criminal, illegal...

Finland is reckoned to be the least corrupt country in the world,...

The Economist (US);  August 31, 2002 ;     82 words ...Finland is reckoned to be the least corrupt country in the world, according to the annual index of perceptions of corruption compiled by Transparency International...organisation that aims to fight corruption worldwide. The index focuses on...

A nasty surprise in the taxman's brown envelope--it's a better deal, but...

The Spectator;  January 15, 2000 ;     700+ words ......employees through their pay packet,' the Revenue warns them. Details will be on their way this month in the traditional OHMS brown envelope. They must school themselves, learn to get used to this deal, and wince at the thought that another deal is on its way...

Musharraf regime most corrupt Pak has ever had: Transparency International

The Hindustan Times;  September 19, 2006 ;     374 words ......regime has been found to be the most corrupt government the country has ever had...second regime beginning 2002 was more corrupt compared to those of former premiers...Pakistan chapter of international anti-corruption organisation "Transparency International...

NSW: NSW govt more corrupt than any other previous govt; court

AAP General News (Australia);  September 3, 2001 ;     164 words ......Australia) 09-03-2001 NSW: NSW govt more corrupt than any other previous govt; court The...told the NSW Labor government is more corrupt than any other government in the state...her former boss regularly boasted about corrupt dealings within the government. Mrs STONHAM...

Group says Chad is the most corrupt

Daily Breeze;  October 19, 2005 ;     446 words ......Bangladesh and Chad were ranked most corrupt on a global watchdog group's annual list of corruption levels in 159 nations that was released...of the scale, Iceland was ranked least corrupt. Corruption undermines efforts to eradicate...

Chad, Bangladesh named most corrupt

Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque);  October 19, 2005 ;     479 words ......Bangladesh and Chad were ranked most corrupt on a global watchdog group's annual list of corruption levels in 159 nations, released Tuesday...of the scale, Iceland was ranked least corrupt. Corruption undermines efforts to eradicate...

Poll: Three-quarters of Israelis say society is highly corrupt

Jerusalem Post;  November 25, 2008 ;     292 words ......Three-quarters of Israelis say society is highly corrupt Byline: SHELLY PAZ Edition; Daily Section...Seventy-two percent of Israelis rate corruption in Israel as high or very high, according to the Corruption Index for 2008 annual poll, published...

'Israel is not a corrupt country'

Jerusalem Post;  April 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......04-01-2007 Headline: 'Israel is not a corrupt country' Byline: HERB KEINON and DAVID...answers to give. How do I explain the corruption and the scandals? When I meet with Tony...and no one says that Great Britain is a corrupt country. Let's not exaggerate. But his...