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Bellow also does a good job of emphasizing the depth of Clara's love for Teddy. She seems to worship the "important person" but fails in her attempts to include herself in his professional political life. "When she came into her own, Clara thought, she'd set up a fund for him so he could write his views," Bellow writes...
Kitty Dukakis returned home to Boston last week full of plans for speaking engagements and fund-raising campaigns for Armenia, AIDS and the homeless. But her most important project involves a continuing struggle. "I now know that I am an alcoholic," she said as her husband stood beside...
...partners hope to draw $13 million in financing for their $24 million venture from a special Pentagon fund for HDTV research. But just two days after the Zenith-AT&T announcement, the U.S. division of Japan's Sony acknowledged that it had submitted a bid for the Pentagon's entire $30 million research contract. "I don't think Sony needs a U.S. subsidy," groused Republican Representative Don Ritter of Pennsylvania, who has sponsored legislation that would create more HDTV incentives for American industry. "It was open bidding," counters Sony spokesman Haruyuki Machida. Who will get the money? Don't touch...
...result of this outpouring of pride, black colleges have seen their endowments rising. The United Negro College Fund reported a record $44.1 million in contributions for its past fiscal year. Bill Cosby's announcement in November that he would donate $20 million to Spelman College, the Atlanta institution from which his daughter graduated, was another dollar sign of support from black parents...
Last month the government signed a letter of intent with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in return for $4.32 billion in new credits through 1991. Among other things, the agreement promised an end to Venezuelan subsidies on an array of products, including imported raw materials and gasoline (at 13 cents per gal., perhaps the cheapest in the world). Exempted from the price hikes were 18 staples, including bread, rice and chicken. Perez also promised to raise fees for government-provided goods and services and to allow the bolivar to float downward on international currency markets, a move that would boost...