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...basis of a commission staff report, he proposed that the Federal Government suspend programs aiding businesses owned by women and minorities. Known as set-asides, the programs require federal agencies to earmark part of their spending for companies qualifying for the special treatment. Set-aside contracts now exceed $8.5 billion annually. Like affirmative action programs, they are an ideological red flag to many conservatives, who regard them as a form of reverse discrimination. "I am against set-asides, period," says Pendleton. "The basic principles are offensive...
...union charges that Creative Gourmet hasbeen using outside workers to cut huge deficits,which were estimated to exceed $100,000 when thenew management took over in September. Workersreceive time-and-a-half for weekend work--morethan $10 per hour--while outside labor is paidbetween $4 and $5 an hour, Bozzotto said...
Private contributions to congressional campaigns may not exceed $1000. Gallagher and fellow candidate Carla Johnston have said they will not accept funds from organizations representing corporate interests...
...size of the endowment--which was established this year by Murphy's manager, Robert D. Wachs--has not been revealed, but college policy requires all endowments to exceed a minimum of $10,000. Murphy did not directly contribute to the establishment of the fund...
...Christian cable (13 million households, 24 hours, all religion). The featured offering is the daily Jim and Tammy show, a variety-and-talk program with Bakker and his wife as hosts on an opulent, hacienda-style set with orchestra, singers and live audience. Bakker's receipts exceed $100 million a year. Much of the money is eaten up by his Heritage USA theme park, opened in 1978 near Fort Mill, S.C., and already the third-largest such attraction in the country, with nearly 5 million visitors a year. Unlike Walt Disney World and Disneyland, which rank ahead of it, Heritage...