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Domestic media reports have suggested the money may ultimately come from three sources: Tepco's earnings, contributions from a mutual-aid system set up by all Japanese electric utility companies, and government contributions.

Tepco Stock Stabilizes Brad Frischkorn 2011

Their involvement in charitable and mutual-aid organizations stemmed from genuine hardship and a desire to maintain what existed.

Yiddish: Women's Participation in Eastern European Yiddish Press (1862-1903). 2009

Millions of Americans received health and life insurance through fraternal, mutual-aid societies.

Grey and Drizzling in America 2009

Though a mutual-aid system has existed in California since 1950, the intensity of the fires recently has forced the state to draw on cooperating fire departments like never before.

California Firefighters' Mission Is Far From Local 2009

Mr. Walters, of Cal Fire, is concerned that some local fire departments might be squeezed too thin to spare resources for the mutual-aid network.

California Firefighters' Mission Is Far From Local 2009

* Compassionate Mutual Aid: Before the rise of the welfare state, mutual-aid societies provided social services to millions of Americas, Britons and Australians.

Grey and Drizzling in America 2009

Under state mutual-aid agreements, he and thousands of other local firefighters are organized into teams that can be quickly dispatched to fight a fire in a neighboring county -- or one hundreds of miles away.

California Firefighters' Mission Is Far From Local 2009

Compassionate Mutual Aid: Before the rise of the welfare state, mutual-aid societies provided social services to millions of Americas, Britons and Australians.

The Starving Society 2008

Brotherhood Mutual was founded in 1917 as a mutual-aid association by a sect of evangelical Mennonites, according to the company's Web site, and now serves 30,000 churches in 29 states and the District of Columbia.

Insurer Judges a Church's Stance as Too Risky 2008

Boston's Beacon Hill Village establishes mutual-aid systems that allow elderly people who have a range of incomes to stay in their homes.

Nobody Does it Better Howard Husock 2008