41.   He also was accused of taking a bribe, of having a drinking problem and sniffing cocaine.

42.   He barred the news staff from taking bribes and relieved them of the duty to sell advertising, a practice that continues at many other papers.

43.   He has denied taking the bribes, and Berlusconi has denied handing them over.

44.   He added that if the head of a local customs office took bribes, corruption would almost inevitably filter down throughout the bureau.

45.   He ignored their rights, dissolved the legislatures whenever they disagreed with him, took bribes and embezzled public money.

46.   He was accused of taking bribes, or of being intimidated by officials of the Republican Party and the railroads, whose partisans had encircled his house.

47.   He said that in most cases, the department employee worked with an accomplice, who took the bribes in a DMV parking lot or other location.

48.   He was accused of taking a bribe and freeing a man charged with stealing ancient relics from the local Catholic church.

49.   His case was frozen when the INS agent who interviewed him was accused of taking bribes and left the agency.

50.   However, the Immigration and Naturalization Service agent who interviewed him was accused of taking bribes and left the agency.