From 1921 until 1951 (except during the World War II years), a National League baseball club, the Chicago Cubs, a Wrigley family interest, spent its spring-training sessions on Catalina.
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They sweetened the deal by paying banks to reduce the principal or interest, spending $75 billion for banks (money that might have gone directly to homeowners).
The three subspecialties with the highest interest were Cardiology (28%), Pulmonary and Critical Care (19%), and Hematology and Oncology (12%), while 75% of IM residents with fellowship interest spent at least 2-3 months rotating through their sub-specialty interest areas (Table 2).
In total, agriculture interests spent nearly $116 million lobbying this year on the farm bill and other issues.
Tobacco interests spent $1.8 million in New York on lobbying expenses and political contributions last year, antismoking groups said yesterday.
In the campaigns of 1976 and 1978, oil and gas interests spent heavily in trying to oust Mr. Eckhardt.
The lobbying industry has spent billions greasing the revolving door: in 2009 alone, special interests spent $3.47 billion lobbying the federal government.
During the Senate campaign, Mr. Greene repeatedly accused Mr. Meek of being a do-nothing career politician beholden to special interests — spending $23 million to get the message across.
Gambling interests spent nearly $4 million on lobbying and more than $700,000 on campaign contributions in the first half of 2012, records show.
