BRIEFLY: IOC MEMBER'S FAKE DAUGHTER WAS PAID.Olympic bid executive Dave Johnson Dave Johnson may refer to:
n. 1. The condition of not existing. 2. Something that does not exist. non daughter of an IOC IOC abbr. International Olympic Committee IOC n abbr (= International Olympic Committee) → COI m IOC n abbr (= delegate who kept the money for himself, Johnson's lawyer said Monday. Max Wheeler, the lawyer, provided the first full explanation for a confidential document that shows a consultant recommended adding Zema Gadir to the Salt Lake gravy train gravy train n. Slang An occupation or other source of income that requires little effort while yielding considerable profit. gravy train Noun Slang . Gadir, who received $7,000 in payments at a London bank account, supposedly was a daughter of Gen. Zein zein the principal protein in maize. Has low nutritive value, being deficient in lysine and tryptophan. Gadir of Sudan. Ahmed provided a bank-account number for Zema Gadir. But she didn't exist, a fact Johnson didn't know for years after the payments stopped, his lawyer acknowledged Monday. APPAREL: Sneaker maker Converse Inc. is closing three North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. production plants, which employ about 1,000 people, and plans to shift production to Asia as part of a bankruptcy reorganization. --Nike's Tiger Woods line of golf apparel will be sold at Nordstrom stores under an exclusive deal. Financial terms of the deal were not released. SOCCER: Galaxy players Kevin Hartman, Greg Vanney, Pete Vagenas, and Westlake Village's Cobi Jones were selected to play for the U.S. in its exhibition match against China on Saturday. FOOTBALL: Eric Bieniemy, a former running back who was a key part of Colorado's national-championship season in 1990, was hired as an assistant coach for the Buffaloes. Bieniemy will be the running-backs coach for the team that finished 3-8 last season. - Daily News Wire Service --USC has added three more commitments: St. Bonaventure High of Ventura linebacker Bobby Otani, Edison of Huntington Beach tailback Darryl Poston and Los Alamitos defensive lineman Mike Patterson. Otani had not been heavily recruited by USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. but impressed the new coaching staff and was offered a scholarship. Poston had committed in the fall and reaffirmed his decision after meeting coach Pete Carroll. He chose USC over Washington and Arizona State. Patterson selected USC over Oregon. -Scott Wolf |
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