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...frustration. In Fort Lauderdale a city commissioner suggested rat poison as a topping for local garbage to discourage foraging. A member of the Los Angeles County board of supervisors advocated placing the homeless on a barge in Los Angeles Harbor. In El Paso last month, four billboards of unknown sponsorship sprang up: PLEASE DON'T GIVE TO BEGGARS -- THEY CAUSE TRAFFIC PROBLEMS. El Paso City Representative Ed Elsey has received complaints that some panhandlers scratch cars with rocks or spit on the windshields if drivers refuse to give. "They are becoming more aggressive," says Elsey. "It is time...
...submitted written offers or were plugged in by telephone. When the final gavel fell after two frantic hours, the take for the 120 works was the equivalent of $3.6 million. The figure "exceeded our wildest expectations," said Sotheby's Auctioneer Simon de Pury, who organized the sale under the sponsorship of the Soviet Ministry of Culture...
...thing, the Iranians appear to lack the military capability to strike an effective blow at U.S. forces in the region. Though the Revolutionary Guards' Boghammar speedboats continue to threaten neutral shipping in the crowded gulf, any attempt to confront U.S. warships patrolling in the area would be suicidal. And sponsorship of new terrorist bombings or kidnapings would only turn international public opinion against Iran, taking much of the onus...
...agency with the next largest total in sponsorship moneys was the National Science Foundation, which funded $17.4 million research. Some $13 million went to research in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) and the Division of Applied Sciences...
...benefits from their participation, some in direct sales, some in goodwill. Labatt Brewing has been getting almost unqualified public approval for its program of bringing the parents of Canadian athletes to Calgary to watch their children perform. Petro-Canada put up $35.6 million, on top of a $4.3 million sponsorship fee, to stage the trans-Canada torch relay that ended with the lighting of the Olympic flame Saturday.The company expects to realize a 2% increase in market share and an additional $221 million in annual revenues as a result...