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...time "fugitive DNC fund raiser" worked its way into the conversation, Clinton had a double-digit lead and promised to do something about the problem--later. Fortunately for Clinton, Dole had already blocked campaign-finance reform and stuffed his pockets. (Ever hear of the sugar-growing Cuban immigrant contributor or the $6 million fine for a Republican with a money-laundering operation in Hong Kong?) So only Perot could benefit from the scandal...
...sort of pin money only Cartier understands. As Averell Harriman's wife and widow, she became a patron of defeated Democrats, opening her house to promising politicians, Bill Clinton among them. According to the numbers, Pamela Harriman was an effective party fund raiser, although not an especially generous contributor...
...efforts of scientists pursuing SETI, the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence. When Pioneer was launched in March 1972, its primary assignment, ordained by NASA, was to reach the environment of Jupiter. At the time, says physicist James Van Allen, the discoverer of Earth's radiation belt and a principal contributor to Pioneer's achievements, "this objective was regarded as a bold one." While unmanned U.S. and Soviet spacecraft had visited the inner planets, none had flown beyond Mars and braved the asteroid belt to reach Jupiter and the other outer planets. Indeed, many scientists feared that, in addition to the asteroids...
...concerns were quite valid, so [HAND co-chair Amanda H. Bigelow '97] and I have given the issue a lot of thought, but we both feel that [HAND] could be a positive contributor," Feinstein said...
Fino has told FBI investigators and Democratic committee staff members about a Buffalo, New York, hotel developer, James Cosentino, who was a Kemp friend and contributor. (Documents from the Federal Election Commission show that Cosentino and his family gave $6,300 to Kemp's campaign in the mid-'80s.) According to Fino, Cosentino was tied to the mob--a charge he denies. In the 1980s, when Kemp was a Buffalo Congressman, Cosentino allegedly got at least $5 million in loans for a hotel construction project from a pension fund of the Buffalo local of the Laborers' International Union of North...