Word: funded
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...African democracy. In the past month alone, she's spoken at the Mobil shareholders' meeting, lectured to black church leaders and led a vigil in front of the White House--all with the aim of raising U.S. support for the Nigerian pro-democracy movement. She's even struggling to fund her own foundation, the Kudirat Institute for Nigerian Democracy. With the unexpected death of Abacha last week, Abiola believes her message is more urgent than ever. "The military is weak," she says. "Now is the time for the international community to speak clearly for democracy...
...Gucci, that would put him in a position to wield some power. If that doesn't work, at least he's put the company in play and could make $10 million or $20 million off the deal." There is even talk that Bertelli, a sailing fan, is just fund raising for Prada's bid for the America...
...concerned about the clouds of smoke that have endangered public health from Singapore to Houston. But so far it's been easier to announce programs to combat the fires than to get at the causes. In April the United Nations Environment Program called for a $10 million fund to help Southeast Asia contain its fires. Washington has contributed $7.5 million to Mexico's firefighting efforts...
...John McCain?s $568 billion antitobacco legislation has left the White House facing both financial and political poverty for the rest of the year, says TIME White House correspondent Jay Branegan. "Not only was Clinton banking heavily on the revenues from the Senate antitobacco legislation as a way to fund some programs that are very important to him," Branegan says, "but he?s out of political capital as well...
...FUND FACTS IN PLAIN ENGLISH...