Word: funds
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...time being, of course, he will be busy enough. He will serve out his term as Vice President, including the painful task of supervising the electoral-vote count the first week in Jan uary. He will dedicate himself to speech-making at fund-raising dinners to help pay off the party's campaign debt, which may reach as high as $7,000,000. He will press Larry O'Brien to stay on as National Democratic Committee Chairman to help reconstruct the party...
...gross national product rose by 11% to an estimated $1 billion, making the tiny republic (pop. 2,000,000) the third richest on a per capita basis in Asia, after Japan and Hong Kong. Recently, Singapore applied for full currency convertibility under the rules of the International Monetary Fund. That means that its dollar is healthy enough to be freely exchangeable with other currencies, and that Lee is succeeding in his program for survival by building what he calls "the rugged society...
Merritt said the committee members had a "marvelous" time and he hoped he had "inspired" them to give generously to the building fund...
...symphony orchestra, a museum of fine arts, a municipal opera company or a repertory theater group, you have a problem: fund raising. An increasingly popular three-step solution, is to: 1) gang up with all the other local cultural organizations under one catchy acronym, 2) persuade people and companies to donate tax-deductible goods and services - the more wildly improbable the better, and 3) auction them off at a fancy benefit party, making sure that there is plenty to drink to keep the bidding spirited...
...Passed Nudists. The idea began in Seattle. In 1963, Philanthropist Paul Friedlander united the city's various cultural fund-raising operations under the name PONCHO (Patrons of Northwest Culture Organizations), then raised $111,000 by auctioning off animals, art, jewelry and a caboose. Seattle's PONCHO auction has become an annual affair (this year's net: $171,550), and Friedlander on his own time and money has traveled the country advising other...