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...registration drives or buying "Vote Republican" ads. The Democrats plan to use some of the $7 million of soft money they have raised in California, for instance, to deploy nearly 75,000 precinct workers to greet voters at the polls on Election Day. In the past, candidates had to dip into their own campaign funds to pay for polls or to get out the vote, but with the growth in soft money, politicians can devote their election resources to more vital expenses, including staff salaries and TV spots...
Administrators say it is difficult to dip into the endowment to pay brick-and-mortar costs, because donors often earmark their gifts to Harvard for other projects. The Harvard Campaign, a recent fund drive, set a goal of $12 million for the houses and dorms, but raised only...
...Massachusetts Miracle -- that would steer Dukakis through the primaries. When Sasso resigned a year ago -- for not telling Dukakis that he had been responsible for sending reporters an attack video against Joe Biden -- even Dukakis underestimated how crippling the loss would be. The primary campaign, after a three-week dip, chugged along according to Sasso's old game plan. It was as if the Celtics had lost Larry Bird for the season but went on winning for a while purely out of habit...
...plainly prized by that constituency: the Guthrie is filling more than 80% of the house for almost 250 performances this season. It derives a hefty 54% of operating costs from the box office, with local corporations subsidizing a further 13% of the $8.5 million annual budget. While a dip in subscription sales last year contributed to a record $684,000 deficit, subscriptions this year are the highest since Sir Tyrone Guthrie's inaugural season...
...rules requiring companies to put up more of their own money in the initial stages of Pentagon programs. The St. Louis-based firm has spent about $50 million to develop the advanced tactical aircraft, while its sales of submarines and tanks have been flat. Profits are expected to dip about 5% this year, to $415.2 million, and some analysts forecast a drop of 7% or more next year...