Word: budgeteer
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...President Conant introduced his new endowment policy. This called for: 1. golf to be left out of financial program this year; 2. lacrosse, fencing, soccer, wrestling, cross country, and boxing to be left out at any time in the three years following the fall of 1936; 3. a budget cut of $20,000 dollars this year; deficit of H. A. A. assumed by the College; 4. compulsory Freshmen athletics to be supported by the Faculty of Arts and Sciences...
...division of the University now, apparently there were tremendous obstacles in the path of its far-seeing founders. "Even so great a man as Francis Parkman," says Spalding, "an artist in his own sphere, is said to have been fond of exclaiming in Corporation meetings, after reading the annual budget, "Musica delenda...
...large the public debt of any nation can grow without plunging that nation into disaster is something that no mortal man can calculate. The credit of a nation, like the credit of a man, is good so long as it can make ends meet. After its budget ceases to balance, its credit remains good so long as men believe that its budget will again balance. But how long men will thus believe is not written on the books of any treasury. Conceivably the U. S. might have twice its present public debt and men might still believe its credit good...
...seditious leagues?" During all this the Premier continued to draw lines back & forth on his bit of paper, but Socialist Blum did get one rise out of Independent Laval. "I am sure," sneered M. Blum, "that if you had been able to do so you would have promulgated your budget by decree instead of convoking the Chamber!" M. Laval, his eyes narrowing a trifle, shot back: "That is precisely what I would have done." As Radical Deputies set up a howl Socialist Blum crowed: "I underline the gravity of this confession!" Pierre Laval only shrugged. Few minutes later the Premier...
...world that are now off the gold standard will return to that standard; 3) that we will not further debase our own gold monetary unit but will continue with our so-called 59? gold dollar." These assumptions implied that "within a reasonable time we will balance our budget and will thereby avoid any runaway inflation...