Word: benefitting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Special events at Eliot House include the Evening of Champions skating show to benefit the Dana Farber Institute's Jimmy Fund; the Winter Ball; an annual Casino Night where Master Heimert deals; an upcoming Cabaret Night; and an excellent house crew team...
...will want to keep an eye on Washington for possible changes in the rules. President Reagan has proposed increasing the top IRA contribution for nonworking spouses from $250 to the $2,000 that is currently allowed for working people. Many legislators oppose that idea, because they believe it would benefit mostly the wealthy. In another development, the House passed a tax-reform bill last November that included a provision to discourage early IRA withdrawals by increasing the penalty from 10% to 15%. That measure could stand a chance, since the Senate Finance Committee is considering the same step...
...waiting period. The NRA opposes it, claiming that the public would be better served by McClure-Volkmer. As the NRA applies pressure to representatives, let us hope that congressmen have the courage and vision to accept the NRA for what it is--a narrow special interest which seeks to benefit gun dealers and users with little regard for the public welfare...
LAST WEEK, the Walt Disney Corporation announced plans to construct five new theme amusement parks in various locations around the globe. In order to confer the greatest possible benefit on the world's population at large, I suggest that one of the new Disneylands be centered on the holy city of Jerusalem...
...City Councilor David E. Sullivan says the "hard part will be to get Harvard to take [the proposal] seriously; the University doesn't see how it will benefit in the direct sense." After observing how Harvard was embarassed last winter by its attitudes toward homeless men sleeping on the Leverett House grates, Sullivan says he is hopeful that the Ivory Tower will accept its responsibility as "a corporate citizen" and help finance the plan. "It's possible the city would be willing to chip in," Sullivan says. "I'd certainly support...