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...Reagan people knew they had a tremendous resource in their candidate's former rivals. "We have a blank check in terms of the time these men have available for us and the energy they are willing to invest. This kind of equanimity is highly unusual for us, and we intend to play it for all it is worth," Sen. Paul Laxalt (R-Nev.), Reagan's campaign chairman, said last summer after the harmonious convention...
Ellsworth said that increased military spending would not necessitate a draft. Rather, the U.S. must invest more money in equipping the military and in training the personnel he said...
...relatively few hard-core criminals are responsible for a disproportionate amount of crime. The first was New York City's major offense bureau (MOB) in The Bronx district attorney's office, which began in 1973. MOB'S success inspired the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration (LEAA) to invest $30 million of federal money in 50 similar projects over a five-year period starting in 1975. Since then, 10,000 criminals who committed a total of 80,000 offenses have been sentenced under those projects to an average of 14 years in prison...
Coddington estimated that approximately 20,000 discoveries are "lying fallow" because private industry is hesitant to invest in government-owned patents, to which they cannot obtain exclusive rights...
...first stop as an exile. But then, fearful that the U.S. might allow his extradition to Nicaragua, he moved on to Paraguay at the invitation of Dictator Alfredo Stroessner. In Asunción, Somoza's flamboyant social life and amorous escapades offended many Paraguayans. His reluctance to invest his hoarded fortune (estimated at $100 million) in the country was also said to have caused resentment. There was no doubt that Somoza had made bitter personal enemies as well as formidable political foes. But there was still no certain answer to the question that intrigued Nicaraguans...