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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Charities Should Stop Seeking Earmarks

To the Editor:

The ever-growing practice of "earmarks" of federal funds to specific nonprofit organizations by members of Congress is nothing less than an insidious form of corruption ("Manna or Pork?: a Special Report," July 21).

I find it especially despicable that supposedly high-minded organizations, such as the Boys & Girls Clubs of America...

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