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...with strings attached, but it also flows essentially from taxpayers; this makes Harvard theoretically more responsible to the public than if its funding were completely private. Harvard does not even exert control over the majority of its endowment: 85 percent of these funds are restricted, meaning that they are subject to legal and donor-imposed stipulations that prevent their unconditional use. Since every donation is inherently tied to the wishes of its donor, Harvard, as an academic institution, holds explicit sway over only a marginal percentage of its own wealth...
...Take that 1999 outburst about no-holds-barred lobbying, for example. The subject of the hearing was legislation to allow satellite companies to relay local network signals to viewers, an idea promoted by McCain but opposed by the broadcast and cable industries. A major proponent of the bill happened to be a McCain supporter, Charles Ergen, head of the Dish Network. Less than a month after the hearing, Ergen held a fund raiser at his Denver home for McCain, reportedly raising more than $40,000. A few years later, Ergen's company gave more than $50,000 to a nonprofit...
...presentation to begin with full disclosure of all monetary relationships the speaker has with any company. Every single fully trained doctor I heard speak was getting paid by a company; many of the bigger-name doctors were getting paid by three or four. How much money was still the subject of gossip - the exact amount is not required to be broadcast in these podium confessionals. The DOJ has, however, ordered companies to list the doctors in their employ, as well as the amounts paid them, on their websites. Judging by those figures, it adds up to plenty...
...Trinity," Rev. McKissick continued. "You know who you are. No one can take away your power to write your own destiny." Preachers called out numerous institutions - not just TV networks. African-American rappers that glamorize violence and sexist barbs in the name of "keeping it real" were the subject of vitriolic tirades, too. "Why, they're no better than prosperity-pimping preachers!" shouted Father Michael Pfleger, a popular white Catholic priest, whose messages have raised eyebrows among his own Church's leaders...
...don’t think any college is more aggressive than we are in terms of going out across the country to get the word out about the subject tests,” he said...