Word: directing
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...gain little from impending escalation of defense spending. Congress has repeatedly refused to target procurement contracts, even of non-strategic goods, to areas of economic distress. While such programs would not significantly compromise the cost effectiveness of defense spending, Sunbelt representatives realize that equitable distribution of procurement contracts would direct billions of dollars of business from their regions...
Anthony D. Cortese, DEQE chairman, said yesterday he has asked officials of the 351 cities and towns in the state to name hazardous waste coordinators to direct local surveys. So far, about 40 per cent of the communities have complied...
Still, Anderson and his band of sometimes arrogant but always ardent amateurs plunged in anyway. By the end of the campaign, they had raised some $12 million, mostly by direct-mail appeal, from 217,000 donors. Indeed, they had a list of financial supporters three times larger than the Democratic Party's and had proved that they could raise money in $30 and $40 chunks. More remarkable yet, they managed to collect enough signatures in just a few months to put Anderson on the ballot in every state...
Encouraged by even the modest accomplishments of this campaign, some Anderson aides are now contemplating forming a third-party movement based on their experiences. Anderson's direct-mail expert Tom Mathews, for example, says that should the candidate try to build a third party, he could count on $3 million a year from the campaign's loyal contributors...
MuseAir is another of the cut-rate airlines spawned by deregulation of the industry. Next month, New York Air, a new subsidiary of Texas International, will start providing 18 flights a day along the New York City to Washington, D.C., corridor in direct competition with the busy Eastern Air Lines shuttle. And People Express next year will begin service to six cities out of Newark...