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  2. <title>
  3. Apr. 12, 1993: Italy: The Toll So Far
  4. </title>
  5. <history>
  6. TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1993               
  7. Apr. 12, 1993  The Info Highway                      
  8. </history>
  9. <article>
  10. <source>Time Magazine</source>
  11. <hdr>
  12. THE WEEK, Page 18
  13. WORLD
  14. Italy: The Toll So Far
  15. </hdr>
  16. <body>
  17. <p>     The breadth of the current Italian bribery and corruption
  18. scandal involving government and business leaders is no longer
  19. just impressive; it's staggering. Last Tuesday, Finance
  20. Minister Franco Reviglio became the latest prominent casualty,
  21. resigning after being targeted for investigation. Warned Prime
  22. Minister Giuiliano Amato: "The life cycle of the government is
  23. running out." The 14-month probe's awesome numbers:
  24. </p>
  25. <p>     Arrest Warrants: 1,356
  26. </p>
  27. <p>     Under Investigation: 236 members of Parliament
  28. </p>
  29. <p>     852 local officials
  30. </p>
  31. <p>     1,487 business people
  32. </p>
  33. <p>     Resignations: 6 Cabinet officers
  34. </p>
  35. <p>     3 party leaders
  36. </p>
  37. <p>     ...and still counting
  38. </p>
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  40. </body>
  41. </article>
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