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- <text id=89TT3363>
- <title>
- Dec. 25, 1989: American Notes:Ethics
- </title>
- <history>
- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1989
- Dec. 25, 1989 Cruise Control:Tom Cruise
- </history>
- <article>
- <source>Time Magazine</source>
- <hdr>
- NATION, Page 35
- American Notes
- ETHICS
- Profiting from Promotion
- </hdr><body>
- <p> He may be a U.S. Senator, but Minnesota Republican Dave
- Durenberger is not known as a best-selling author. So why did
- his books on health care and national-security policy show such
- a hefty profit?
- </p>
- <p> Apparently because the Senator arranged for $200,000 in
- fees for speeches he delivered in 1985 and 1986 to be paid to
- his publisher, Minneapolis-based Piranha Press. Piranha in turn
- gave Durenberger $100,000 for promoting his books, even though
- several sponsors have said the books were not displayed or sold
- during the Senator's appearances.
- </p>
- <p> Durenberger insists he cleared the deal through the Federal
- Election Commission and has broken no Senate rules. But the
- Senate ethics committee is investigating whether he used the
- arrangement to launder his speaking fees.
- </p>
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- </body></article>
- </text>
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