Word: funded
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...EEPC study had more than the usualfanfare accompanying its debut into the politicalrealm. Public relations consultants hired byMitchell and Apache--the independent oil producerswho also helped to fund the study--sent lettersand called reporters to publicize the report...
...federal Food and Drug Administration and a state agency regulate the harvesting of shellfish. A third agency, the state's health department, surveys and samples the water and shellfish. And another state body sets the guidelines for opening or closing shellfish beds. Complains Douglas Rader of the Environmental Defense Fund: "The crazy mix of agencies hurts the prospects for good management...
...many of the more elaborate loan clubs, participants bid for the privilege of taking the pool. Whoever offers the highest interest rate wins, although each member can take the pot only once. The entire interest payment is immediately deducted from the fund and paid out to the other members. Rates can run as high as 20%, vs. about 14% for an unsecured bank loan. But the loan club may be an immigrant's only source of funds. "I would have spent months convincing a bank that my expansion plan made sense," says a New York City printer from Jamaica...
...model for Vogue and Mademoiselle who gave up her career to marry Bentsen in 1943. Of the rolling-bandage school of Senate wives, B.A. last year served as first vice chairman of the group's organization, supervising its lunch for Nancy Reagan, and headed up a March of Dimes fund raiser...
...approach and the fact that he had no real re-election challenge that required raising the money caused the Eggs McBentsen affair to unleash a storm of criticism. Bentsen quickly disbanded the club, called the mistake a "doozy," and returned the money. The episode did not cramp his fund-raising ability: he has raised over $5 million for his 1988 Senate campaign. It did, however, give Bentsen a bit more caution, which is the one trait he seems to share with the man who chose him to run for Vice President...