Word: funds
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Throughout the primaries, Dukakis talked incessantly of the marathon, a race that goes to the steady, not the swift. He knew that an even gait and a great fund raiser would allow him to outlast the six other dwarfs and survive the Democratic wars of attrition. But the general election was a war of collision, not attrition. Toward the end, a disoriented Dukakis admitted that he failed to realize that the primaries are nothing like the frenzied finale. The vaunted marathoner proved to be a man too late with his sprint...
...Democrats select a new party chairman to succeed Paul Kirk in January, Jackson is almost certain to stake his claim as the spiritual leader of the party and its presidential nominee in 1992. He comes out of this campaign with an army of loyalists in every key state, a fund-raising list containing nearly 200,000 names that is the envy of his rivals and a peripatetic speaking schedule that will keep him highly visible. But to solidify his position, Jackson is keenly aware that he must quickly move away from the polarizing postures of the past. "He needs...
...Nicaraguan program, which is sponsored by a private aid foundation, the Overseas Development Fund, "aims to create economic opportunity for women," he said. The money donated will buy sewing machines and other materials to help the women of Las Herramades earn money to feed their families, Marx said...
...groups are also receiving matching funds from the Overseas Development Fund, Marx said. About 40% of the undergraduate student body participated in last year's fast, which raised $3400 for an Oxfamsponsored program to buy plows for Ethiopian peasants, Marx said...
...council Sunday night voted not to fund the event, even though social committee member Stephen M. Hearst '88-'89 had signed three Boston comics and begun postering for the show...