Word: sponsors
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Fabulous gold mines traditionally provided the South African government with money to sponsor military adventures throughout the southern part of Africa while controlling the situation at home. But the price of gold plunged from $820 an ounce in 1980 to $300 in mid-1982. A severe economic crunch has resulted, and South Africa is learning the hard way that billions spent on weapons and prisons drain resources and cripple an economy...
...million annually for 25 years, after which the Government would own it. The owners of the terminal, the Pennsylvania and the Baltimore & Ohio railroads, would spend $19 million for a parking garage, replacement terminal and conversion of the station into a visitor center. The bill's sponsor, former Illinois Representative Kenneth Gray, a Democrat known for his dynamic style and patent-leather shoes, assured his colleagues that the annual rent could be recouped from parking fees and concessions...
Less hurt by the walkout is the Ford Motor Co., which decided earlier this year to become the exclusive auto sponsor of the 1982 World Series for $1.1 million per game. Said Ford Chairman Philip Caldwell: "We anticipated the strike and didn't invest as much in N.F.L. football this season...
Councilor Walter J. Sullivan said yesterday he would introduce an order restricting door-to-door candy collection at the next council meeting Monday night. He said he would sponsor the proposal because of concern over recent highly publicized poisoning scares involving Extra-Strength Tylenol and Visine eye drops...
Group activities caluminate in several events throughout the year in which members put their smith into inactive in full costume Harvard's group, termed the borough of Discharging, will sponsor a Valentine's Reval in February for all Boston area groups, effectively known is the Barony of Carolingia...