Word: lobbyist
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...levies would in no way encourage charitable giving, "they can only be viewed in a negative light," says Coddington, adding, "It is true, we are getting hit both by reductions and increases." On the other hand, tax incentives designed to encourage corporate investment in university research remain "insignificant," the lobbyist notes...
...Harvard lobbyist also said two secondary aspects of the tax bill--the establishment of income ceilings for certain benefits and the introduction of specific time limits for other new rules, a practice known as "sunsetting"--will set long-term precedents greatly feared by university development officers...
Coming to terms with Viet Nam ?"processing it," as psychologists say?is not merely an exercise in cultural diversion; the meaning that Americans extract from their failure in Indochina will substantively affect their future. Says John Terzano, a lobbyist for the Viet Nam Veterans of America: "We are products of the World War II generation. We were brought up with a high sense of duty, honor and service to our country. John Kennedy was talking to us when he said: 'Ask what you can do for your country.' The generation following us is going to look at us like...
Congress's lopsided approval of the plan (20 to 0 in the Senate Finance Committee, 29 to 3 in House Ways and Means) was the result of one of the year's most determined lobbying drives. One leader of the blitz was Industry Lobbyist Coley O'Brien, who quarterbacked Notre Dame's 1966 national championship tie game against Michigan State. This time his team included the savings league's 500-member legislative conference of bank executives and its 160-strong Political Action Group...
...industry is ready to fight the Administration's cutback proposals. The lobby's position is that the price supports are simply helping dairy farmers to make a reasonable profit, which only appears large when compared with other farm earnings. "We are producing too much milk," concedes Dairy Lobbyist Patrick Healy, "but the price-support program exists to ensure an adequate supply of milk. It does that...