In the end, in the face of terrible publicity, the administration relented, and Giuliani dispatched a deputy, Joe Lhota, to broker a compromise.

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If realized, however, such a Baker-Gorbachev plan would amount to a shortsighted publicity stunt for the Administration -- one with potentially dangerous long-term consequences for America's vital interests in its own hemisphere.

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CDFIs are as big as that but after chugging along for decades these unconventional financiers have boomed in the 1990s, thanks in large part to the publicity generated by the Clinton administration.

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Along the way, it garnered a few citations from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration and some negative publicity in 2010 when an orca whale killed a trainer in front of a live audience in Orlando.

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Some accused celebrities at the time of donating or volunteering simply to gain positive publicity or to take a swipe at then-President George Bush and perceptions his administration responded slowly and inadequately to the disaster.

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Despite this, he said, publicity about the talk had led the European Aviation and Safety Agency (EASA) and the US Federal Aviation Administration to get in touch seeking more details.

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