Word: funded
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...private contributions," he said when asked about his fund raising...
...highly successful fund-raiser known for his ability to collect thousands of dollars through one-on-one solicitation of the wealthy, Channell said his foundation has raised nearly $6 million this year for his pro-Contra public awareness campaign...
...School has sponsored similar programs for the last 14 years. Grants from the House Administration Committee, the IOP, the Tisch Family Foundation and the Sears Roebuck Foundation will fund the session, Farnsworth said...
While the extent of North's role in shipping weapons to Iran and diverting the profits to fund the contras remains unclear, the operation reflects the contours of his personality: a love of clandestine operations, a fevered patriotism that leads him to act first and consider consequences later, an enthusiastic determination to put ideology into practice, and a shrewd ability to cover his tracks -- up to a point. Says a White House official: "He was a big believer in plausible deniability...
...Reagan's case regularly have been, forgiven. But this disaster throws a pitiless light on the way the President does his job, confirming the worst fears of both his friends and his critics. Simultaneously stumbling into the Iran fiasco and allowing a bizarre scam to fund the contras to take place had an impact powerful enough to scar Teflon precisely because the events seemed to reveal personal characteristics that were both fundamental and worrisome...