Word: shelp
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...stigma attached to the groups primarily afflicted by AIDS -- gays, minorities and intravenous drug users -- has unfairly limited the degree of economic assistance offered. "If this disease struck only the presidents of major corporations, the effort to evade responsibility would not have been tolerated by society," says Earl Shelp, executive director of Houston's Foundation for Interfaith Research and Ministry. Additionally, society's sense of financial obligation -- not to mention its compassion -- has been diminished by a blame-the-victim syndrome. "I think that there is a tendency to discount a situation if one feels that an infected person...
Arms had been supplied to Iran--with Reagan'sbelated assent--in hopes ofbettering relations and obtaining that country'shelp in gaining the release of American hostagesheld in Lebanon; profits were made on the sale byprivate citizens recruited by North; without thepresident's knowledge a portion of those profitswent to buy weapons for the rebels fightingNicaragua's communist government...
...only $3.2 million so far, he is effectively free to shell out all the money he can collect. The cash is rolling in in the wake of his triumphs since New Hampshire. Advisers claim his finance committee took in nearly $1 million in pledges last Tuesday alone. Says Ronald Shelp, a Hart supporter who runs a New York consulting firm: "Three months ago, I invited 500 people to a fund raiser and 40 showed up. In the past two weeks I've heard from the other 460. It's amazing how many incompetent secretaries mislaid my original invitation...