Word: collected
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...auditors' report also revealed that Northrop runs a far-flung network of semiautonomous intelligence and sales agents who collect information, pull strings and distribute money in countries as diverse as Brazil and West Germany. Some of the agents operate entirely legitimately. But John R. Hunt, a former Northrop executive, was quoted in the Senate subcommittee hearings as telling the auditors: "The role of the agent is primarily that of influence peddler; that is, he knows whom to talk to and whose pockets to line in a particular country to get the job done...
...decaying College Park in Charleston, the mosquitoes outnumber the fans, the floodlights leave the centerfielder groping in the dark, and a park employee has to run out into rightfield every half-inning to update the Scoreboard. In Greenwood, Dave Fendrick, the young general manager of the Braves, has to collect tickets at the front gate, the dugouts are too small to shelter all the players, and in Spartanburg, Charlie ("Doc") Royals wears four hats as the Phillies' bus driver, clubhouse manager, laundry man and trainer...
...later back in those cities. This money in turn provided the capital for a mail campaign launched through Morris Dees, an Alabama lawyer who ran George McGovern's effective mail solicitations in 1972. Jackson has acquired no fewer than 66 lists, including subscribers to Newsweek.* He hopes to collect the full kitty of $7 million by the end of this year (the law permits spending $2 million to finance fund raising in addition to the $5 million raised by the candidate and the $5 million from the Government...
...undergraduate relations has coordinated meetings in the Houses between students and alumni to discuss their careers. Now the clubs are beginning to ask their members to report any jobs they might have for undergraduates, particularly for those who want to take a leave of absence. The clubs simply collect names, forward them to the school and then students inquire after the jobs themselves. This type of program is already underway in San Francisco and Los Angeles, and according to Phifer, is working very well and should be expanded...
Kaufmann also tried to figure out ways to use previously restricted funds on things the Faculty was spending its sparse unrestricted money on. The Harvard College Fund was trying to collect on its pledges. Money for supplies and administrative costs was being cut back...