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...trade-off is the absence of the same funds from the next fiscal year's budget, which automatically includes a $1.1 million increase in debt service. Healy said that no additional allocations will be made to defray that expense...
...club has held the sale each of the last seven years to help defray building repairs. Yesterday's business netted $100, Johnson said...
...Stratford, work in true repertory: a weekend visitor can see four plays in two days; at its peak during December, the Grand will offer seven main stage shows and three children's plays. With only modest government and corporate support, the company is counting on ticket sales to defray an optimistic 73% of the $3.5 million budget (in U.S. dollars...
...list of holdouts grew smaller and smaller. Cuba, with no ready cash, dispatched its team on a boat loaded with sugar and tobacco; at each port of call, the cargo would be auctioned off to help defray expenses. Even Germany managed to outwit its future Fuhrer and sent 125 of its best young athletes...
Shaw said the Ephraim Isaac Defense Fund, an offshoot of his group, last year raised more than $4000 to help defray Isaac's legal expenses...