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...have things definitely worked out by mid-February so we can finalize booking the band." Urfirer said yesterday. He has consulted such companies as Pepsi Cola, Coca Cola, Cott Beverages, Canada Dry, Tech Hi-Fi, McDonalds's and E.F. Hutton. Urfirer said he hopes to find a single backer for the concert, but may resort to multiple underwriters to divide the expenses...

Author: By F. MARK Muro, | Title: Pousette-Dart Band Might Give Benefit | 1/11/1980 | See Source »

Russell is also a backer of vacancy decontrol. "We need some rent control to protect the elderly and to minimize tension between landlords and tenants," he added...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: City Council Profiles | 11/5/1979 | See Source »

...Salisbury's principal backer, South Africa, be counted on to support a weakening of its ally's military might...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ZIMBABWE RHODESIA: Breakthrough in London | 10/29/1979 | See Source »

Carter and his supporters were more cautious, though they began to smell success toward the end. At his press conference, the President described the upcoming vote as "significant," and a Carter backer predicted that he would win 65% of the vote. But one staffer admitted: "We'll be happy with a victory...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Premature Poll | 10/22/1979 | See Source »

...already assigned by party executive committees, Carterites claim they have all but ten. Said Carter volunteer Chip Ford of Miami of the caucus results: "Who is to say who has won? The true meaning of it all, who knows?" On the other hand, observed Lawyer Bill McCarthy, a Kennedy backer in Miami: "Since everyone is looking, what we are doing is important...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Playing the Florida Game | 10/15/1979 | See Source »

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