Word: earmark
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...some might argue hypersensitivity -- to the culture around them reflects the broad array of constituencies to which college administrators must answer. The board of trustees, composed of community and national leaders, serves as a referee between the institutional culture and the surrounding community; alumni and corporate donors, who often earmark monies for specific expenditures; student bodies that demand a voice in university life; legislators who apportion government funds; and an often feisty faculty...
Weld's package was hyped by his staff as revolutionary, bold and visionary. It would inject the schools with "accountability, innovation and competition," said Lt. Gov. Paul Cellucci. The plan was simple: Establish standards. Involve parents. Empower teachers. Earmark local aid. Consolidate management...
...addition to styrofoam helmets and racing gloves, the bikers who accompanied kennedy wore tee-shirts saying in bold black letters, "BACK THE BIKE BILL HR-2101." The slogan refers to a recent bill, drafted by Kennedy, which would earmark three percent of the Federal Highway Trust Fund for building bike routes across the nation...
...faces a $1.5 billion budget gap that is expected to swell to $6.5 billion by 1994. Incoming Governor Pete Wilson is refusing to rule out the possibility of higher taxes. But he also wants more freedom from constraints imposed by the state constitution and voter initiatives and laws that earmark much of the budget in advance for such purposes as education...
Positions: Galvin has worked to earmark lottery funds for local aid to cities and towns. He has emphasized the need for the enforcement of fair lending practices by banks and the control of runaway insurance rates. Galvin plans to work to protects the public from corporate interests and restructure the state's pension and banking systems. Galvin opposes the CLT petition. Republican...