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...early '70s, the institute received about $3 million a year. In 1976, it got $16 million, and in 1979, about $20 million. Spokesmen for the institute decline to say how much money they will eventually pour into the laboratory at Brigham and Women's Hospital, but estimates range as high as $50 million a year...
...Washington, the State Department immediately said that it "deplored" the arrests, and asked the Sandinista government to "reassess the contributions these leaders have made and release them immediately." The four Nicaraguan businessmen, said a U.S. spokesmen, were part of "a longstanding tradition of opposing oppression in their country." The arrest of the COSEP leaders may raise questions about a measure, passed by the Senate but not by the House, to send $33.3 million in aid to Nicaragua...
...first 25 ticket-seekers in line, mostly college students, gathered outside the Orpheum early yesterday after hearing rumors emanating from radio stations in New York and Massachusetts. Although Orpheum spokesmen said they didn't know if tickets would be sold, WBCN hinted that people would be able to buy them within twenty-four hours. By 2 p.m. the ticket-seekers began to grumble...
...complex to resolve in light of East-West tensions, will not do. Says Democratic Senator William Proxmire of Wisconsin: "Using such justifications as 'The business is good for our balance of payments' or 'If we do not sell weapons, someone else will,' the arms merchants and their government spokesmen are turning the world into a vast armed camp." The long line of weapons that helped seal Sadat's friendship with the U.S. were paraded past his grandstand through the dusty streets of an impoverished country where the per capita income is $460, and 42% of the budget is spent...
After Regan's attack on Fed policies, the White House pressured the agencies involved to produce some agreed-upon "guidance" that all spokesmen could adhere to. A memo of understanding, signed by Sprinkel and Stockman's top economic aide, Lawrence Kudlow, among others, said that all concerned agreed on a steady slow growth of the money supply, which the Fed was moving to accomplish. The message ended: "Nothing which has been said in recent days indicates a retreat from that commitment." A White House spokesman as much as admitted that concern about economic disunity had been only temporarily...