Word: benefitting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Acting President and Geyser University Professor Henry Rosovsky demonstrated some hidden talents Friday night, when he served as master of ceremonies for the fourth annual Jazz for Life benefit concert in Sanders Theater...
...council's letter advocates the extended hours "because all University students, at both the undergraduate and graduate levels, would benefit from opening Widener on Sunday afternoons." In addition, the missive calls for administrative "clarification and redress" on the dormant issue...
...American companies can build upon NASA's experience, they are likely to have an edge in the launch market. Despite the shuttle accident, the U.S. has the best reliability record for space shots. Moreover, American firms may benefit because the U.S. makes nearly 70% of the world's satellites. Most customers prefer to send up their satellites from the country of manufacture, because of lower costs and greater technological compatibility with the launching service. Says Andrea Caruso, director general of the European Telecommunications Satellite Organization: "Most Europeans would still prefer to launch with the U.S., but the U.S. is going...
This even before it was known whether or not the contra forces had seen any of the diverted money. This even before it was known whether the contras were even aware that funds were being illegally diverted for their benefit. What was known for more than a year was that the contras were the beneficiaries of some kind of supply operation run with a wink and a nod from the Administration. It was assumed that this was funded by "private" sources and possibly from money from third-party governments. And until Meese revealed that some money had also been skimmed...
...choosing which groups were to benefit from the Currier Marathon, several factors were taken into account, Firester said. "The programs receiving funding had to benefit individuals in the Boston/Cambridge community directly," he said. "In addition, we favored organizations that encouraged Harvard students to get involved, and those organizations that are just starting out, because it was a risk for Harvard to sponsor us as we were a young project; we feel these groups deserve the same chance...