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Although it is non-profit, The Health Letter has a surplus of approximately $750,000 a year which goes to the Medical School, according to Goldfinger...

Author: By James E. Schwartz, | Title: Harvard Health Letter Marks 10th Anniversary | 12/11/1985 | See Source »

...person mainly responsible for the budget surplus, Dukakis said, was Revenue Commissioner Ira Jackson, a former associate dean at the K-School...

Author: By Jonathan M. Moses, | Title: Duke: The Action's at Home | 11/19/1985 | See Source »

...financial system. In congressional testimony last week, Agriculture Under Secretary Frank Naylor stopped short of proposing, as some White House advisers have suggested to the President, that the Treasury extend a $3 billion line of credit to the FCS. Instead, Naylor said that the system should use the surplus funds of its healthier lenders to assist its beleaguered banks and associations. Naylor added that the entire system should be more closely regulated. Once those measures are taken, the Administration might consider a bailout...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hat in Hand, Farm Credit begs for a bailout | 11/11/1985 | See Source »

Sullivan perennially leads the pack, and his surplus votes usually help elect other Independents like City Councilors Thomas W. Danehy and Daniel J. Clinton. This year's unexpectedly strong showing from Independent challengers William J. Walsh and Sheila T. Russell, who have shown strong neighborhood support and name recognition, are likely to detract surplus votes and may even unseat two incumbents, observers...

Author: By Thomas J. Winslow, | Title: City Council Race Full of Wildcards | 11/4/1985 | See Source »

After the distribution of 1 votes, candidates' surplus votes are distributed to the second choice on particular ballots. For example, if Alice Wolf's quota is 3000 votes, and she receives 3500, 500 random ballots are pulled from her stack. Then, each ballot is placed in the pile of its 2 candidate...

Author: By Maia E. Harris, | Title: In PR, Pick As Many Candidates As You Like | 11/4/1985 | See Source »

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