Word: funds
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...fund's 175 years, remorseful citizens have turned over more than $5.7 million. Some offerings are larger in spirit than in dollar value. A former federal employee who felt guilty about copying private letters on a Government duplicating machine sent in $20 last year. He figured the copying cost came to $5, but he sent more "because the Bible says to repay fourfold...
Reflecting the growing sense of the difference animals can make, regulations for federally subsidized housing now assure that the elderly and handicapped can keep pets. Last month the Ralston Purina Co. announced a $1 million program to help local humane societies and shelters fund the initial costs of adopting a pet for those over...
When OPEC and oil prices went south, there were minicelebrations at gas pumps across the Lower 48. In Alaska, as in Kuwait and Dubai, there were rude awakenings. Alaska derives a higher percentage (86%) of its general fund from oil taxes than any other oil-producing state. As the price of a barrel of crude oil tumbled from the high 20s down through the teens to about $9, the state began to run on empty...
...everyone sings the blues. Former Governor Walter Hickel, who has seen the occupancy rate in his 600-room Captain Cook Hotel drop 7 points, to 62%, in the past twelve months, says resolutely, "We have to be enthusiastic." Indeed, the state's savings account, the Permanent Fund, continues to grow and now tops $8.1 billion. That is a healthy reserve, even if the principal cannot be tapped to help solve the current crisis. Harold Heinze, the president of Arco Alaska, looks at the modest rebound in the world price of oil and says, "It feels good to have a mild...
...government has resisted U.S. pressure. Moreover, many Israelis are concerned about the fate of Pollard and his wife Anne Henderson- * Pollard, 26, who this month was given a five-year prison sentence. An Israeli organization called Citizens for Pollard managed to collect $10,000 for the couple's defense fund. In addition, there were unconfirmed reports, subsequently denied by the Pollards' lawyers, that Israel had quietly paid about $75,000 of the Pollards' legal fees of about...