Word: aid
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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More than 500 people and animals turned out for Curious George's 50th birthday party (casual attire), including George Plimpton, Zippy the chimp, and Harvard President Derek C. Bok. Proceeds of the $100-a-plate benefit went to aid a half million dollar fund drive for Philips Brooks House...
...Grove City College decision, the Supreme Court held that federal law prohibited discrimination only in a specific university program or activity receiving federal aid, not in the entire institution. Last week the Senate sought to reverse Grove City by passing the Civil Rights Restoration Act, prohibiting discrimination throughout any school, church, synagogue or business that receives federal money...
...Sandinistas offered a plan much like the one rejected by the rebels last December. It calls for a month-long cease-fire, confines armed contras to three zones, prohibits delivery of military aid and requires the rebels to lay down their arms at the end of the month. The contra plan was far more audacious. It demands that the Sandinistas share power with the contras and Nicaragua's internal opposition. The contras said they were not even willing ! to consider a cease-fire until the Sandinistas make extensive changes in the constitution. Though the two sides agreed to meet again...
...Washington, all eyes were on the 30 or so Congressmen who still have not decided how they will cast their vote in this week's critical showdown over contra aid. With the outcome impossible to call, the Reagan Administration scurried to design a package palatable enough to squeak through. The President requested $36.2 million, of which 10% would be for military assistance. To appease Congressmen who feel uncomfortable replenishing the weapons pipeline while peace talks are under way, the Administration plans to hold that $3.6 million in escrow until March 31. Reagan pledged he would "personally consult the Presidents...
...requested a role in authorizing release of the military funds, the White House refused, arguing it must protect the President's constitutional role in making foreign policy. The pledge to talk with Central American Presidents did not indicate how the regional appraisal would be communicated to Congress. Moreover, the aid request resembles one put forward by the Administration last fall when it asked for $270 million to be spread over 18 months, averaging $15 million a month. This package, which covers only four months and includes an additional $20 million to insure contra aircraft, averages $14 million a month...