Word: donors
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...donor, who asked not to be identified, said, "President Bok may not yet know the extent of our devotion [to the arts] but he will soon" when contributions begin to decline...
...just who spent that $10 million to boost him for President. The court and the Congress have thus worked together-or rather at cross-purposes-to produce precisely the opposite of the intended result. In large part, campaign-spending reform laws were passed to decrease the influence of big donors. The court then cut down most of those limits and left intact other curbs on candidates and their parties. That has helped to weaken political party structures; by comparison, the big donor is stronger than ever...
...Harvard Campaign hits the $350 million mark, thanks to a $100 million contribution from an anonymous donor in Queens. "Actually, it's only a postcard with a pledge on it, but we're confident enough that we've renamed Holyoke Center 'John Doe Plaza,'" campaign officials say happily...
...rapidly growing Kennedy School of Government this week came one step closer to fulfiling its ambitious "initiatives for the 1980s" when officials announced a final decision on the location of the school's new wing and the donor for whom it will be named...
...sale of 5000 hats at the cost two dollars apiece"--thus began the humorous letter to the Harvard women's field hockey team that arrived before Thanksgiving vacation. The letter was not, however, something to be laughed at, for it contained a check for $10,000 from an anonymous donor that was earmarked to cover the cost of the squad's proposed trip to Ireland next fall. With the check--which takes care of 2/3 of the trip's expenses--hockey coach EDIE MACAUSLAND says happily that the squad will definitely be flying to the Emerald Isle on September...