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...famines in Biafra in the 1960s, and Bangladesh in the 1970s. When Bob Geldof and his friends formed Band Aid/Live Aid in response to the 1984-85 Ethiopian famine, in which a million people died, "Feed the world" became the chorus of not just a pop record but the donor world...
...script. Reporters have not forgotten that someone inside his campaign authorized--or wasn't smart enough to stop--Obama's appearance at a podium with an altered version of the presidential seal inscribed with Obama's campaign motto. And for all Obama's talk about his small-donor base, his campaign recently announced a $10,000-a-head fund raiser in September to be hosted by George Clooney in the Swiss Alps. "He needs a much more empathetic economic message," says a veteran Democratic operative. "This is one place where his coolness really isn't working for him. He gives...
Where will the money come from? Al-Sheikhly says still more outside investment is needed to revitalize the city. That kind of talk only compounds the grumpiness of the country's biggest donor: the U.S. government. Washington is increasingly unhappy over the Iraqi government's seeming reluctance to spend funds from its own coffers on reconstruction projects. "Despite Iraq earning billions of dollars in oil revenue in the past five years, U.S. taxpayer money has been the overwhelming source of Iraq reconstruction funds," said Senator John Warner of Virginia, the ranking Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee...
...President Bush was Paulson's first priority upon taking office. But he also set out to build or reinforce strong ties with the Fed's Bernanke, other Cabinet members, his counterparts overseas, Wall Street CEOs and - perhaps most important - congressional Democrats. Before his appointment, Paulson had been a generous donor to Republican candidates. But he refused to campaign for Republicans in the 2006 congressional elections - a decision that endeared him to the new leadership after the Democrats swept to victory...
...procurement networks rather than seek publicity for their child. Upset that their baby, who should have had priority, had been passed over for the celebrated Jesse, they issued a statement last week asking Congress to ''do everything possible to see that an improved system is set up to identify donors of organs.'' At present, they charged, ''it almost seems like publicity is the only method that's working.'' In fact, Congress has already taken action to improve the organ distribution system. In 1984 it passed legislation creating a national computer bank to match organ donors to recipients. But the Reagan...