Word: aid
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...himself has given a considerable amount of money to the University. Before Corporation meetings, he often eats breakfast at the Faculty Club with students on financial aid, his preferred area of donation. In the summer, he virtually resides at the New York Yacht Club--in fact, he's notorious for wining and dining potential contributors there...
...race that changed her life. Watching closely was Edwin, a Freetown-born athletics coach based at the University of California at Chico. In Williams' leaden stride Edwin saw something neither her misery nor lack of condition could disguise: raw athletic talent. With financial aid from the International Olympic Committee, which helps promising athletes from developing countries, Edwin arranged to bring Williams to the U.S. for her first taste of high-quality training. He also persuaded Nike to sponsor her. As a result, Williams in Sydney is a model of athletic chic. But even in garish red spikes and a cutting...
STRENGTHS AND POTENTIAL PROBLEMS Gore's plan would keep Medicare as a universal set of benefits for all seniors. But the prescription-drug benefit wouldn't go into effect as quickly as the Bush plan, with its immediate aid to states. And it might not provide enough to cover the drug bills of middle-income older people. The plan also wouldn't solve the long-term danger of Medicare's going bankrupt when the baby boomers reach retirement...
...overseas drug war, and, on the surface, that didn't seem objectionable. What I quickly gleaned, however, was radically different; U.S. intervention involved two things: money and military. Just two weeks ago, President Clinton renewed the U.S. commitment to Colombian anti-drug efforts by delivering $1.3 billion in aid for the purchase of military equipment and counter-drug training. House leaders are currently considering whether to approve an additional $99.5 million to purchase more aircraft, ammunition and other equipment for the Colombian police. And, as the woman began to explain, this kind of military spending by the U.S. contributes...
Sitting in the Peruvian airport, listening to the avid beliefs of one, intrepid Colombian woman, I was embarrassed to admit my own nation advocated ruthless military aid as a "solution" to a much more complicated problem of poverty and political beliefs. Rather than attacking the narco-traffickers, drug lords and guerillas, the United States' policy will jeopardize the lives of thousands of already impoverished and entirely innocent people...