Elders make an income by taxi driving and baksheesh from tomb guardianship. |
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Since the average baksheesh for foreigners is between 10 and 20 leva, I am well ahead of the game. |
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In the old days the uncertainty provided a lucrative source of supplemental income for town-hall bureaucrats who would tip you the wink for a little discreet baksheesh. |
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In Lebanon there is no driving school but baksheesh offices instead. |
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No baksheesh, then you can hold the buck and sheesh, man, it is your problem. |
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As one might expect in a Middle East culture of baksheesh, an unknown quantity was pocketed by Iraqi politicians. |
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We were sponsored by Typhoo so we'd got boxes and boxes of teabags which we used as baksheesh to ease our way through borders and customs. |
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Sometimes they would stop and ask for baksheesh and we would give them small sums of money, sweets and fruit. |
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But his barber insisted on collecting Dh5 extra as baksheesh. |
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Baksheesh is often the accepted manner of doing business in the Middle and Far East. However, one must be careful not to confuse ethics with the law. |
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Talking to media, Baksheesh denied any connection with Pradeep Singh. |
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