Word: allots
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...northward exodus of hungry peasants that has emptied whole villages in the area. In 1952 the government finally earmarked $12.8 million for the project and promised repeatedly that construction would start in no time. Then, last summer, the indignant townsfolk discovered that they had been hoodwinked: the funds allot ted for their dam had been spent elsewhere. To protest their scurvy treatment, nearly 200 townsfolk joined in a 24-hour hunger strike last week...
...money for elementary and high school curriculum reform has come from Washington, the inspiration and technique have been undeniably local. In the loan program the government has simly passed the funds on to institutions, after determining their need, and--once the stated priorities were met--left them free to allot it as they wished...
...become more a matter of pride than pocketbook for image-conscious European firms, many of which try to exhibit at all of them, fearing that failure to exhibit might start a rumor that a company was in trouble. On such a scale, exhibitions can be very expensive; German companies allot $375 million yearly to fairs, or about half as much as they spend on all advertising. Such smaller companies as porcelain makers or optical works may hope to recoup their outlay in sales or business contacts. But for Krupp, Henschel, Mannesmann and other heavy machinery giants, which occupy...
...industry-luring program that includes tax exemptions. During the last month, more than 20 small foreign companies got approval of their plans to invest in Ecuador. The government passed a more equitable income tax law, and hopes to eliminate a welter of other tax laws that permit Congress to allot 48% of total federal revenues to "autonomous agencies" such as the Red Cross, universities, private schools and sports clubs. The government is moving ahead with a program to push roads into lush but unused lands near the coast, educating farmers from the Andean highlands to grow cotton, rice, sugar...
...President also mentioned two changes he would like to see in the Kennedy bill for aid to education. Pusey said that he disapproved of the plan to have state boards allot federal scholarship money. "The federal government should give the funds directly to the colleges," he said, "and let their officers handle...