Word: aid
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Congress has its finger in the wind, and they're going to outdo the President in cutting back," he added, predicting a series of "mini-conflicts" over urban aid programs such as CETA (Comprehensive Employee Training Act), revenue-sharing and Urban Development and Assistance Grants (UDAG...
Arafat's triumphant welcome in Tehran was something of a shock, but it is no great surprise that the P.L.O. and the new Iranian government should be the best of friends. Ever since the early 1970s, Palestinian groups have been giving aid, training and arms to Iranian dissidents. It was the Shah of Iran who sold oil to the Israelis, who used it to power the tanks and planes that were fighting the Palestinians. Thus the Iranian enemies of the Shah became the Palestinians' natural allies. A number of them have fought with the guerrillas in southern Lebanon...
...last major University fund drive--the Campaign for Harvard College in 1958, which raised $82 million--financed expansion and left tangible results in its wake, including Holyoke Center. This time around, the bulk of the money, earmarked chiefly for the College to finance faculty salaries, student aid and academic reform, will disappear into bank accounts and endowment investments. There won't be any new buildings for generous contributors to plant their names...
...Harvard "middle income" group of students whose family incomes fall between $20,000 and $35-40,000 annually. They fear that more of these students whom Harvard accepts will decide to go elsewhere, threatening the diversity of future College classes. Fund drive planners hope their efforts will keep enough aid money available for these students, while admissions and financial aid officers continue heavily publicizing Harvard's aid and loan programs...
...largest single items in the fund drive are faculty salaries and student aid, but together they add up to less than half of the total amount to be raised. The other "lines" in the proposed drive budget include...