Word: projects
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...raised from the drive financed construction of the first phase--Blodgett Pool and the Indoor Track and Tennis (ITT) facility--but does not supply an endowment to cover the $300,000-a-year operating costs of the two buildings. And last fall, much of the second phase of the project had to be scrapped due to insufficient funds, John P. Reardon '60, director of athletics, said in July...
...years, college fundraising drives have suffered. Harvard's drive for the athletic complex faced particular problems because its success hinged on receiving a number of large contributions; the general fund drive strategy of hitting a large number of alumni for relatively small donations would not work for a specialized project such as the athletic complex, Athletic Department officials said...
...that the Administration would support a $1.5 billion appropriation for the development of a fast breeder reactor on which most of the research would be done in Idaho. That deal angered Tennessee Senators Howard Baker and James Sasser, who support the Clinch River breeder reactor in their state-a project Carter has opposed. Oregon's Mark Hatfield and Arkansas' Dale Bumpers, who oppose any breeder reactor at all, were also soured by the arrangement with McClure. Schlesinger, however, dismissed Senate criticisms of the bill as "twaddle" and predicted that the Administration would get the support of enough...
...documented $100,000 worth of fraudulent GSA overpayments after just two weeks of auditing last month. In Bayonne, N.J., investigators have discovered a construction contract that was first awarded to an extremely low bidder for just over $1 million and then was upped substantially in a suspicious change of project plans. In Chicago, a ring of thieves looted the GSA of furniture and office equipment. In New Orleans, the investigation centers on a scheme of multiple payments for building-repair and maintenance work never performed, a rip-off similar to one that has been uncovered in Denver. In Honolulu...
...which by now would amount to $21,000, almost as much as the original new snowplow that had seemed too expensive. So the town asked if it could simply scrap the construction of the snow-plow building. No, said the feds, if it did not have a construction project, it did not qualify for most FAA grants...