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Bareiko said the coalition's budget in Cambridge will be less than $1,000. While the coalition is operating under budgetary constraints statewide, it does have significant political clout...
Shagari's clout was evident at the July summit of the Organization of African Unity in Freetown, Sierra Leone. When the organization threatened to founder over the divisive issue of Morocco's war against the Algeria-backed Polisario guerrillas in the former Spanish Sahara, Shagari defused the crisis with a compromise peace-keeping plan. Similarly, it was Nigeria's displeasure over the executions of 13 top officials in Liberia that ultimately forced the erratic new regime of Sergeant Samuel Doe to refrain from further bloodspilling. With the exception of those states that actually border South Africa, Nigeria...
...MORE THAN JUST MONEY may stall the Logue plan. In New York today, Ed Logue lacks the clout he had at the BRA 15 years ago. The governments of New York City and State are so vast, and sources of funding for South Bronx projects so diffuse, that Logue simply does not have the authority to make deals with the private sector. Bureaucrats at the city, state, and federal levels repeatedly throw wrenches into plans by undermining what little authority he does have, or by sealing up needed funds...
...want to work in the U.S. be given visas "for whatever length of time they want to stay." The Governor later retracted the notion, saying that procedures for documenting workers would have to be negotiated, with time periods set for each visa. Reagan's traveling entourage included enough clout to make even a Texan reel: former Governor John Connally, Governor Bill Clements, Senator John Tower, former Ambassador Anne Armstrong, and-drawing the biggest cheers-former Dallas Quarterback Roger Staubach. It paid off: at one dinner, Reagan raised $2.5 million for the state party...
...traveler's checks. The checks have gained ground rapidly against the long-dominant American Express, partly because of the prominence of the Visa name. This year Visa expects to capture more than 10% of the market worldwide. Moreover, many bankers and merchants think that while MasterCard may carry clout, as its ads used to proclaim, Visa carries class. The name Visa seems to spell easy access, a door-opener around the world. Says one New York banker: "MasterCard is taken more as a card for blue-collar people...