Word: interest
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What's more, the campaign against soft money--which is given to the party rather than to specific candidates--is being aided by an unlikely new interest group, big donors. Corporate leaders are starting to balk at a system that many view as little more than a party-led protection racket. Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu International, which gave more than $225,000 in the '98 election cycle, mostly to the G.O.P., is likely to cease giving soft money this fall after a vote by its board of directors, predicts chairman Ed Kangas. Several other large companies are expected...
...revolted by the system, reforming it does not seem to be at the top of their to-do list. "Voters have developed such low expectations of politicians that they don't think anybody is credible on campaign reform," Bradley told TIME. "It's kind of the ultimate triumph of interest-group politics that we've reached the point where people say it won't even work...
Agassi's resurrection provided a nick-of-time Rx for men's tennis too. NBC's French Open finals ratings were up 43% from 1998, and when Sampras and Agassi reached the finals at Wimbledon, interest in a men's match was at its highest since, well, since these two met in Queens four years earlier...
Aristide said it was in the interest of theU.S. to help restore democracy in Haiti. Not onlyhas the dictatorship forced thousands to fleeHaiti for the U.S. Haiti has now become a majorbase for illegal drug shipments...
Asked whether that scenario might pose aconflict of interest as well, Davis said she woulddiscuss the matter with Dean of Students Archie C.Epps...