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| | * A hundred [[German]] professors were investigated for accepting [[bribe]]s in exchange for helping students get their doctoral degrees. One professor confessed to accepting more than 200,000 [[Euro]]s because he needed to renovate his mansion.<ref>Rising, David (August 23, 2009). [http://staugustine.com/stories/082309/world_1878479.shtml#.Vti3BfkrKWg "Germany: 100 professors suspected of taking Ph.D. bribes"]. Associated Press. Republished at ''The St. Augustine Record'' website/August 23, 2009.</ref> | | * A hundred [[German]] professors were investigated for accepting [[bribe]]s in exchange for helping students get their doctoral degrees. One professor confessed to accepting more than 200,000 [[Euro]]s because he needed to renovate his mansion.<ref>Rising, David (August 23, 2009). [http://staugustine.com/stories/082309/world_1878479.shtml#.Vti3BfkrKWg "Germany: 100 professors suspected of taking Ph.D. bribes"]. Associated Press. Republished at ''The St. Augustine Record'' website/August 23, 2009.</ref> |
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| − | * [[Simone de Beauvoir]], in 1943, was charged with abducting Nathalie Sorokine, a minor and one of her best students, by Nathalie's parents. Although her abducting a minor would have resulted in a jail sentence, mutual friends of Beauvoir intervened and she was acquitted, although she nonetheless had her teaching license revoked and was banned from ever teaching again within [[France]]'s borders.<ref>Multiple references: | + | * [[Simone de Beauvoir]], in 1943, was charged with abducting Nathalie Sorokine, a minor and one of her best students, by Nathalie's parents. Although her abducting a minor would have resulted in a jail sentence, mutual friends of Beauvoir intervened and she was acquitted, although she nonetheless had her teaching license revoked and was banned from ever teaching again within [[France]]'s borders.<ref name=Beauvoir>Multiple references: |
| | *Johnson, Paul (1988). ''Intellectuals'' (London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson), p. 238 [edition not known]. | | *Johnson, Paul (1988). ''Intellectuals'' (London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson), p. 238 [edition not known]. |
| | *Francis, Claude and Gontier, Fernande (1987). ''Simone de Beauvoir'', trans. Lisa Nesselson (London: Sidgwick & Jackson), pp. 236-37.</ref> | | *Francis, Claude and Gontier, Fernande (1987). ''Simone de Beauvoir'', trans. Lisa Nesselson (London: Sidgwick & Jackson), pp. 236-37.</ref> |