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Word: antibudget (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1976-1976
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...resubmitting the budget last month, the school board calmly added $80,000 in increased unemployment benefits for the schools' staff. That prompted more votes than the presidential election, and the antibudget forces won again, 2,492 to 2,246. In addition, the voters turned out Physician William Davis as school board chairman. Superintendent Robert Work finally came up with a surprise: he mysteriously discovered that a $200,000 bill due the state for unemployment insurance did not have to be paid until next Aug. 31, thus providing enough ready cash to reopen the schools until yet another budget vote...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: We're Getting Screwed' | 12/20/1976 | See Source »

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