Word: formalizing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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There is, of course, usually no formal deal between PAC's and legislators, just an understanding, but if a dairy association shows up at a candidate's fundraising party with a $5000 check, both the giver and the taker understand that the PAC is not rewarding him for a vote on foreign aid. The lobbyist is quite openly giving the money for a favorable vote on dairy legislation. PACs are throwing around a disproportionate amount of weight in Congress. As long as PACs can give with ease, Congressmen have to play the game and accept the badly needed campaign money...
...private life, Levine keeps a low profile. As with many prominent unmarried musicians, Levine gathers rumors the way his formal attire gathers lint. He is whispered to have had liaisons with people of every age and hue, with both sopranos and tenors. But it is his longtime companion, Thomson, a pale, pretty brunet, who lives with him in his unprepossessing apartment and at their 41-acre farm in upstate New York, managing the household. He unwinds with his fruit juice, diet soda and candy bars, and can get by on as little as four hours' sleep, content, as always...
Organizers yesterday called the Harvard event part of a broad drive to win a formal national holiday named after King, but the ceremonies here have also prompted reflection on the continuing relevance of King's work and the responsibilities of current Black college students to uphold his legacy...
...spokesman David Strickland said yesterday that, although no formal invitation has been issued to Falwell, the IOP has initiated discussion with Memorial Church officials to co-sponsor an appearance by the controversial evangelist. The IOP and the church similarly co-sponsored evangelist Billy Graham's three-day campus visit last spring...
...problems--perhaps with formal education per se--may be that Harvard takes a student to the point where he (or she) comprehends so many possibilities that persistence in a given enterprise may come to seem narrow," Mattson suggested...