Word: allotment
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...opponents of the resolution said that $35,000 was too much money to gamble on such a proposition. "If we're going to throw around money like this, we might as well play the stock market," Finance Committee Chair David A. Battat '91 said of the original proposal to allot $50,000 for a concert...
...must make judgments about what is mostimportant and allot space accordingly.Descriptions of jobs performed and accomplishmentsmust be brief and listing of activities selective.If you can't fit your resume on one page, put allof the most important information on the firstpage. Certain information that is included inlonger resumes, such as a list of publications ora list of references, may be presented separatelyas attachments if you decide that they areimportant to your application. Other attachmentsmay include an annotated transcript, clippings,writing sample, portfolio, and letters ofrecommendation...
...passed, the ABC Bill will allot $2.5 billion to improving the quality of child care, while making it more affordable to parents, Kildee says. The bill was written by a group of 100 organizations, with the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) at its helm...
...with many environmental efforts, the greatest obstacle to plastic recycling is old-fashioned laziness and indifference. Many communities have been unwilling to set up the apparatus -- and allot the funds -- needed to collect and transport the waste. Even if encouraged to recycle plastic waste, many citizens find it too much trouble to sort through their garbage, sifting out the plastic peanut-butter jars and toothpaste tubes from other debris. Curbside collection -- forcing citizens to separate recyclable garbage -- is what some communities demand. Three states, New Jersey, Rhode Island and Florida, require residents to sort their garbage for collection...
Ironically, the U.S. is finding it easier these days to deal with Nicaragua. Late last week the White House announced a "gentleman's agreement" with Congress to allot $4.5 million a month in humanitarian aid to the Nicaraguan contras for the next eleven months while diplomats work at pushing the Sandinista regime toward democracy. The bargain ends, for the moment at least, a fractious eight-year battle between the Democrat-controlled Congress and the Executive Branch over how to handle Central America. The product of intense lobbying by Secretary of State James Baker, the agreement to fund the contras...