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...outpouring of interest in Sport Aid and Hands, some megathon organizers are worried about "compassion overload," a syndrome supposedly caused by the recent spate of celebrity-packed events. Says Peter J. Davies, president of InterAction, a coalition of 112 relief and development agencies: "One of our concerns now is donor fatigue. People believe they have done their thing...
...body's production center for blood cells that carry oxygen, help to cause clotting and provide immunity against disease. Victims of damaged marrow can die within weeks of severe anemia, hemorrhaging and infection. To transplant the tissue, physicians use a syringe to draw out healthy marrow--usually from a donor's hipbone--and inject it into the patient's bloodstream. The marrow cells make their way naturally to the interior regions of bones. For the procedure to succeed, the tissue of the donor and the patient must match exactly, or the donated cells must be treated to make them compatible...
...physicians faced other painful problems. The sister of one patient, ) saying she was afraid of anesthesia, reportedly refused to be a donor. That left doctors with no choice but to search elsewhere for the critically needed tissue...
...remedy the situation, most of the friends groups for men's sports, including Friends of Harvard Track, gave some money to the women's groups to help them out. Friends of Harvard Track, for example, paid for one third of the women's travel and vacation fees. An anonymous donor paid another third, while the women only paid for the final third, according to Rittenberg...
...world of Gospel TV has been rocked repeatedly by scandals, rumors, shake-ups, and reports of high-living preachers, which obscure the fact that many in the field have only modest personal incomes. An inveterate financial secrecy exacerbates the air of suspicion. In a move designed to allay donor skepticism and head off possible Government intervention, leaders of nondenominational ministries in 1979 formed the Evangelical Council for Financial Responsibility. The council certifies that its associated fund seekers fulfill a simple code of ethics. But of the seven major TV ministers, only Graham and Bakker are members...