Word: budgets
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...cannot even distribute its own budget equitably. Even in the wake of a new, more streamlined government, pork barrel politics still play a role in the Senate and House where recently Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) and other members of Congress pushed forward lucrative defense contracts that just happened to be located within their home state. Pork-barrel politics is not considered tarnishing here. But it is not that different from bribing local voters to re-elect certain representatives...
...with a budget of a little over $1 million and a staff of 18, is responsible for overseeing the well-being of international students and scholars at Harvard and acting as an advocate for them, Ladd says...
...excited about things like encryption law. Their constituents are essentially contented, libertarian and relativistic. While the Blue Dogs barely survived Clinton, the New Dogs pattern themselves in his image. They were his key allies behind enemy lines when he squared off against Richard Gephardt on the 1997 balanced-budget agreement. And unlike the Blue Dogs, their numbers are growing. The NDC boasts 41 members, almost half of whom are freshmen...
...began last week and will continue through this week--confirm this: one big bang, and not much else. The bang was afforded by the collection of works by Picasso (plus some by Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenberg and other American artists) put together over 50 years, on a fairly modest budget, by Victor and Sally Ganz. It was one of the more famous American private collections, and it contained some works--especially the Picassos--of very high quality...
...Depicts director Chantal Akerman leading a cast of 64 in a projected big-budget musical, from auditions to script readings to recording sessions. Harvard Film Archive...