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...corporations-and if you think that includes the Daytons, you're right." And he adds, "If you don't believe it, look at how many members of my family are contributing to my opposition." Sure enough, as many as eight Dayton family members have helped fatten Durenberger's $2.2 million war chest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Senators: Questions About Campaign Spending | 9/27/1982 | See Source »

...initial Reagan cuts will admittedly produce a minor improvement. Wealthy families using low-interest loans to fatten stock portfolios or re-furbish yachts will have to look elsewhere for their loopholes. But the new restrictions will also force many middle-class students to use more expensive alternative loan programs, while at the same time not providing additional benefits for the poor. As a result, the Administration's 1982 plan will have a detrimental net effect: the type of school a person attends, or whether he enrolls at all, will depend more than before on how much money...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Battle Continues | 2/5/1982 | See Source »

...some cases, players have been preparing for these visits since age twelve or 13. Parents squeezed by inflation and sons fired by dreams of glory have become so eager to win athletic scholarships that students voluntarily repeat the eighth grade to fatten up for high school football...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Fattening Them Up for Football | 3/9/1981 | See Source »

Fleming's 15-footer with 10:05 remaining brought the Crimson to within 11, 60-49, but Penn center George "as tall as 12:30" Noon came right back with a three-point play to fatten up the lead once again. Harvard never got any closer until garbage time...

Author: By Jeffrey R. Toobin, | Title: Penn Rips Cagers in Foul-Fest; Fleming Hits 31 in 83-70 Loss | 3/2/1981 | See Source »

Most of the remaining British forces are taking up new positions in the rolling, sparsely populated countryside along the Irish border, where the I.R.A. is still dangerous. Prove hit teams retreat to remote hiding places between ambush attacks or, lately, between raids on banks in the Irish Republic to fatten depleted coffers. Partly as a result of the bank raids, the Republic has built up its own surveillance of the border region. In early September Prime Minister Charles Haughey's government announced that Dublin will spend $240 million to deploy more helicopters and spotter aircraft, equip special detective teams...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NORTHERN IRELAND: Shifting Targets | 10/6/1980 | See Source »

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