It asserted that the group, referred to in the indictment as the Kilpatrick Enterprise, had for years been financially enriching itself through shakedowns, kickbacks and bid-rigging schemes.
It still may not be as financially enriching as other activities, but you stand a good chance of making better deals than many other collectors — or at least you can avoid being played for a chump.
3. From 1998-2008, Koch-controlled foundations gave more than $196 million to organizations that favor polices that would financially enrich the two brothers.
Here's what I'm not suggesting: that you impoverish yourself financially to enrich yourself spiritually, intellectually, relationally, and emotionally.
He recognizes Mr. Knight as a superlative teacher and as a successful coach who built Indiana into a program that enriched the university financially.
In the years leading up to this "election," the Clinton administration financially supported and promoted economic reforms in Russia that enriched only a few, including some top Russian leaders.
She took a series of editing and lecturing jobs, thus starting a financially precarious and intellectually enriching career.
And though she has fashioned an image as an antiestablishment conservative, she also speaks regularly to a bipartisan nobility of Washington insiders who have helped enrich her financially and position her on the national political stage.
Mr. Rangel's lawyers acknowledge that he probably should have checked in advance with the House ethics staff about the City College arrangement, but contended that "the congressman did not abuse his official position or enrich himself financially".
Mr. Corzine's time at Goldman Sachs, where he developed a reputation as a brilliant trader of government bonds, set the stage for his eventual run for office, enriching him financially, cementing his personal and unassuming style, and ultimately teaching him about consensus building.
According to the suit, the members of the special committee induced Lord Black last November into resigning as Hollinger's chairman and chief executive so that they could gain control of the company "to enrich themselves financially and to further their business, professional and political careers".
