Word: aid
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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WASHINGTON--President Reagan asked Congress yesterday for the final installment in a $100 million aid package for Nicaragua's Contra rebels, while House Democrats sought to drive home the point that past aid money remains unaccounted...
...subject of U.S. aid for the Contras,Reagan sent Congress a certification that there is"no reasonable prospect" of peaceful settlementand a democratic Nicaragua unless the aid iscontinued. The certification automaticallytriggers $40 million in additional aid unlessCongress disapproves it within 15 days...
...community service programs, and only 20 per cent funds 'public affairs' organizations, such as Accuracy in Media and the right-wing National Forum Foundation. In 1985, $100,000 went to the conservative Heritage Foundation--a think-tank that funds research calling for a substantial decrease in federal student financial aid and an increase in funding for the Strategic Defense Initiative (Star Wars). Joseph Coors is a founder and trustee of the Heritage Foundation...
...evening never degenerated into a self-conscious, self-congratulatory benefit of the sort Live Aid has taught us to expect. Even the finale, a Live-Aid-style chorus line, maintained the show's dignity. With a better song (the classic pop tune Lean On Me) and little jockeying for favorite microphones, the Jazz For Lifers put on a showcapper that closed an uplifting evening on an uplifting note...
...guardedly hopeful we can come up with an acceptable, low profile project," said Murphy, who returned from his trip Saturday. Murphy's trip comes one year after leading Black South Africans criticized one of the first programs proposed by Harvard for use of the aid funds established by President Bok in September...