Word: defray
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...President trying to cash in on the political benefits of his China trip. Last week, though, the Nixon Administration found itself laboring under the shadow of what could be a major image-damaging scandal. The charge was that for a price-a $400,000 gift to help defray this year's G.O.P. convention costs -the Justice Department had dropped antitrust suits against the International Telephone and Telegraph Corp. The President was only indirectly involved, but the accusations-so far unproved -were aimed at his closest adviser, former Attorney General John Mitchell, and Mitchell's successor-designate, Richard Kleindienst...
What galled some opposition M.P.s about the raise was that the Queen's allowance, which is paid from the "civil list" and is intended to defray her official expenditures, represents only a small portion of her total income, none of which is taxed. In addition to the allowance, she has the use of the "privy purse," about $750,000 a year in revenues from the Duchy of Lancaster, lands that Henry III seized from two rebellious barons in 1265. This revenue pays for the Queen's personal expenditures as head of state, including clothing (about $75,000 worth...
Faculty members have donated nearly $2700 to defray legal expenses of Samuel L. Popkin, assistant professor of Government...
Another $26,000 will be used as matching funds for renovation of the Calendar Street Community Center, and $4,000 will defray operating costs of some of the center's present programs...
Aside from the departments and study groups which will occupy the center, the new occupants of the space to be vacated by the Government and Economic Departments and the Kennedy School of Governments in Littauer may be tapped to help defray maintenance costs, Champion said...