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...support of labor, whatever its impact on the public perception of Mondale as a captive of special interests, is a tremendous asset to his campaign. Some political analysts estimate that the combination of union organizational help and actual contributions is worth some $20 million, which is about a third of what Mondale expects to spend in the primaries and general-election campaign. Mondale's foes attack him for courting labor so assiduously, but most of them also did so and now envy his success...
...power of Reagan's staff, of course, is enhanced by his loose management. But they seem sincerely protective of him. "Only one or two people around here," says a White House adviser, "are condescending about him. Everyone else treats him more like a national asset...
...treasurer now broadly oversees the management company on behalf of the Corporation and advises Harvard on budgeting and major asset purchases...
...revenues, which might otherwise languish in non-interest-bearing checking accounts or small savings accounts that today typically earn only 5¼% interest. Since March 1982, a number of districts have been pooling their tax receipts and investing the resulting millions of dollars in the Pennsylvania School District Liquid Asset Fund. The fund buys U.S. and state government securities, Treasury notes and bonds for example, earning interest of about 10%. Result: this year the school fund raised $15.5 million in interest for its member districts. Voters are happy because the earnings keep property tax increases down. Nor are the school...
...program's asset is that it's [made up of] students who are sympathetic to other students' needs and will sit down and talk without an appointment," says another counselor who wished to be anonymous...