<P> Richard Nixon's "Checkers speech" of 1952 was a successful effort to dispel a scandal concerning a slush fund of campaign contributions . Years later, Nixon's presidential re-election campaign used slush funds to buy the silence of the "White House Plumbers". </P> <P> In U.S. collegiate athletics, there have been multiple occurrences where boosters and supporters of a collegiate sport program provide the school and coaches with extra money . This money is then distributed to a number of athletes in order to compensate them for their participation and commitment to their program . For example, in 1986 Southern Methodist University's football team was caught receiving money from the school which was being funded by one of the boosters . In the 1990s, the University of Michigan had one booster paying several of the men's basketball players, including NBA superstar Chris Webber . </P> <P> The term slush fund was originally a nautical term: the slush was the fat or grease skimmed from the top of the cauldron when boiling salted meat . Ship officers would sell the fat to tallow makers, with the resulting proceeds kept as a slush fund for making small purchases for the ship's crew . </P>

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