Following the helper therapy principle, sponsors in AA benefit as much, if not more, from their relationship than do those they sponsor.

Dealers that sponsor infomercials on shortwave radio are notorious for such sales pitches, most notably Discount Gold & Silver Trading on WWCR, which proclaims graded coins, in direct contradiction to their pricing history, as having appreciated more than non-graded coins, or as not likewise being " opinion coins.

Hezbollah has a military branch known as Al-Muqawama al-Islamiyya (" The Islamic Resistance ") and is the possible sponsor of a number of lesser-known militant groups, some of which may be little more than fronts for Hezbollah itself, including the Organization of the Oppressed, the Revolutionary Justice Organization, the Organization of Right Against Wrong, and Followers of the Prophet Muhammad.

Fortune 500 companies sponsor NASCAR more than any other motor sport, although this has been in decline since the early 2000s.

This allows the sponsor entity to more easily raise capital for these assets as opposed to finding buyers to purchase directly such assets.

As they extended their network to airports on the east coast like Washington-Dulles, Newark and Boston, and Chicago, Western Airlines became a prominent sponsor of the Bob Barker television show The Price is Right, to make customers in the East more aware of their presence.

East Lansing has more than 25 neighborhoods, many of which have neighborhood associations that sponsor social events, attend to neighborhood issues, and often advocate for neighborhood interests in meetings of the City Council and city commissions.

After the museum was closed, a collection of more than 80, 000 items was distributed to various locations across the country, including the headquarters of Eurosport, a long-term corporate sponsor, in Hillsborough, North Carolina.

Glass had been the House sponsor of the Federal Reserve Act of 1913 ( the Glass-Owen Act ) and considered himself “ the father of the Federal Reserve System .” The various versions of his Glass bill consistently sought to ( 1 ) expand branch banking and bring more banks and activities under Federal Reserve supervision and ( 2 ) separate ( or regulate the mix of ) commercial and investment banking.

Later sponsor members included Philips and Hitachi with the broader general membership growing to more than a hundred companies.

With the graying of the American Jewish population, service to seniors became a major focus with the first of what was to become a network of 36 senior residence buildings in more than 27 communities across the United States and more internationally — making B ' nai B ' rith the largest national Jewish sponsor of housing for seniors.

In coordination with a panel of expert investigators ( usually physicians well known for their publications and clinical experience ), the sponsor decides what to compare the new agent with ( one or more existing treatments or a placebo ), and what kind of patients might benefit from the medication or device.

The DMC has the power to recommend termination of the study based on their review, for example if the study treatment is causing more deaths than the standard treatment, or seems to be causing unexpected and study-related serious adverse events. The sponsor is responsible for collecting adverse event reports from all site investigators in the study, and for informing all the investigators of the sponsor's judgment as to whether these adverse events were related or not related to the study treatment.

Taylor, Munger and sponsor, Harry Sager had arrived in the city to enter into negotiations with the Olive Wheel Company, however, they were able to work out a more lucrative contract with Stearns who agreed to build Taylor's bicycles using the Sager gear chainless mechanism designed by Harry Sager.

He is the primary sponsor in the United States Senate of the tax-reform proposal The Fair Tax Act ( S. 1025 ), attracting more cosponsors than any other fundamental tax reform bill introduced.

Unlike Twenty-One and Dotto, where contestants got the answers in advance, Revlon was reportedly far more subtle: they may have depended less on asking questions on the air that a contestant had already heard in pre-air screenings than on switching the questions kept secure in a bank vault at the last minute, to make sure a contestant the sponsor liked would be suited according to his or her chosen expertise.

" In 2004, the Citizens ' Debate Commission was formed in the hope of establishing an independent sponsor for presidential debates, with a more voter-centric role in the definition of the participants, format, and rules.

The more recently founded National Parliamentary Debate Association ( NPDA ) is now the largest collegiate sponsor.

Rather than accepting funding on a per-project or per-group basis, the Media Lab asks sponsors to fund general themes of the Lab ; sponsor companies can then connect with Media Lab research in a way that is more spontaneous, but at the same time companies are guided by structured relationships with specific members of the Lab's faculty and research staff, who assist the sponsor companies in deriving the greatest benefit possible from their sponsorship of the Media Lab.

Over the years, chief sponsor Giant Food has given more than $ 2, 000, 000 in scholarship funds to participating schools.

Burton was the primary sponsor for a 1998 effort, opposed by the Clinton administration, to require federal government agencies to do more strategic planning, establish more accountability measurements, and do more reporting on their performance.

As part of this agreement, Sun and AT & T became OSF sponsor members, OSF submitted Motif to the X / Open Consortium for certification and branding and Novell passed control and licensing of the UNIX trademark to the X / Open Consortium.

Hyundai becomes the fourth title sponsor of the Sun Bowl, after Helen of Troy ( through its Vitalis and Brut brands ), Norwest / Wells Fargo, and John Hancock Insurance ; the bowl was known as the John Hancock Bowl for the last five years of the firm's contract with the bowl.

Sun Life is also the name sponsor of Sun Life Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida, home of the Miami Dolphins football team ( NFL ), the University of Miami Hurricanes football team ( NCAA ), the annual Orange Bowl college football bowl game, the Players ' Championship on the Grand Slam of Curling, and, until 2012, the Miami Marlins baseball team ( MLB – National League ).

This has now been refurbished featuring a new colour scheme for the 2011 season and also saw the introduction of a new sponsor in the form of Capri Sun.

Dick DeBartolo noted, " Nobody wanted to sponsor a show that made fun of products that were advertised on TV, like car manufacturers.

In addition, R. J. Reynolds ( the tobacco conglomerate ) took over as the major sponsor of NASCAR racing ( changing the name to the " Winston Cup ") and they made a significantly larger financial contribution than previous sponsors.

A 1942 act of Congress made advertising expenses a tax benefit and that sent even automobile and tire manufacturers — who had no products to sell since they had been converted to war production — scurrying to sponsor symphony orchestras and serious drama on radio.

On 8 September 2011, Rio 2016 made the announcement that Ernst & Young will be a tier 2 official sponsor of the XXXI Olympic Summer Games to be held in Brazil, as the exclusive provider of professional services – consulting and auditing – for Rio 2016 organizing committee.

However, " reference recordings " were made of many programs as they were being broadcast, for review by the sponsor and for the network's own archival purposes.

However, promotionals had previously been made with primarily the sponsor in mind.

In 2002, Sky Busters made a comeback, but with Continental Airlines as the only major airline to sponsor the product.

By then, Berle and his audience had probably burned out on each other, and Buick had even dropped sponsorship of the show at the beginning of the 1955 – 1956 season ( opting to sponsor Jackie Gleason's half-hour filmed edition of The Honeymooners ), after ratings fell dramatically during the 1954 – 1955 as well ( the higher ratings of his 1955 – 56 competition, The Phil Silvers Show on CBS, didn't help Berle, either ); though Berle would remain one of the nation's beloved entertainers, overall, the show that made him a superstar was clearly spent for steam and fresh ideas, and two subsequent attempts at television comebacks hosting his own show lasted barely a year each.

In season seven the live performances and studio recordings were made available during the season from iTunes when it joined as a sponsor.

Although from 1714 to 1828 the British government did indeed sponsor a £ 20, 000 prize for finding a solution to the longitude problem, exactly why the connection was made to squaring the circle is not clear ; especially since two non-geometric methods ( the astronomical method of lunar distances and the mechanical chronometer ) had been found by the late 1760s.

If Frank Chickens become Comedy Gods then Foster's will have been helped to actually sponsor some actual art, and fans of Foster's all over the whole world will be made aware of that wonderful, indefinable, mischievous, playful thing we call the Spirit Of The Fringe !".

One tells of a man who made a pact with a demon in order to obtain money to sponsor a festival.

In its last act of 2009 the Irving, Texas city council made Kraft Macaroni and Cheese the official sponsor of the demolition.

In the United States, because of the sometimes sensational nature of the ad form and the questionable nature of some products, consumer advocates recommend careful investigation of the infomercial's sponsor, the product being advertised, and the claims being made before making a purchase.

Louis Cowan, made CBS Television president as a result of Questions fast success, was forced out of the network as the quiz scandal ramped up, even though it was NBC's and not CBS ' quiz shows bearing the brunt of the scandal – and even though CBS itself, with a little help from sponsor Colgate-Palmolive, had moved fast in cancelling the popular Dotto at almost the moment it was confirmed that that show had been rigged.

Johnson had signed Budweiser to be his team's primary sponsor in 1984, which unintentionally made Waltrip one of the faces of the connection he was so concerned about.

The strip is made by Canterbury of New Zealand and their shirt sponsor is South African fuel company Sasol.

Campbell was the main sponsor of the Obscene Publications Act 1857 which made the sale of obscene material a statutory offence, for the first time, giving the courts power to seize and destroy offending material.

In May 2011 the League televised advertisements showing a young girl wearing a facemask with a voice-over saying “ when Scott Brown voted to eliminate clean air standards … just imagine what it could have done to her .” The decision to sponsor these ads was made by the executive committee of the national League.

He later became partner in the banking and brokerage firm of Hallett & Company of New York City, and in this connection made frequent trips to Europe, especially to interest European capitalists in the construction of the Kansas Pacific Railway, of which his banking firm was a sponsor.

During the All American Soapbox Derby's heyday in the 1950s and 1960s, when Chevrolet was a sponsor and famous TV and movie stars made guest appearances, as many as 70, 000 people would gather in August to eat snow cones and cheer hundreds of youthful racer / builders ( boys only in early years ) ages 11 – 15 who were the champions of local races around the nation and from several foreign countries.

During his tenure as head of The Times, John Astor had the newspaper sponsor Edmund Hillary's expedition that made the first successful climb to the summit of Mount Everest.

* Alderson – Broaddus is sponsor of the “ University of Hard Knocks ,” an honorary society with a mission to recognize people who have made a success of their life without the benefit of higher education.

At that time, a request was made to sponsor " Festival of Masks " which would consist of dances at the principal social gathering sites of the city such as the main theater.