Word: earmarks
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McCarthy said that the need for campaign funds may force some politicians to make commitments which are not in the public interest. He praised the measure passed in the last session of Congress which allows the taxpayer to earmark $1 of his income tax for presidential election campaigns. "This may relieve some of the pressure of campaign financing," McCarthy said...
...medieval form. But while the format is classical, the figure he renders is far from an idealized human body. The features of the figure are awkward, bordering on the grotesque, and the line he uses to describe the anatomical details is strong and expressive. Both of these qualities earmark the drawing's Gothic spirit...
...collect only $5,000,000 last year-and revenue-poor Mississippi could use a lot more. Johnson has in mind a state-run distribution system similar to that in Washington state-which with approximately the same population collected $42 million in liquor taxes last year. Johnson proposed to earmark the extra funds for the state's inadequate school system and public health services. Also tourists and conventioneers, who prefer not to break a law to bend an elbow, would probably be more numerous as a result...
...addition to these recommended organizations, students may earmark their contributions for any other recipient they wish...
More Sophisticated. The Bantus, merchants were glad to hear, spend freely and earmark less than one dollar in 57 for savings and life insurance. Yet even the educated hang on to a few old tribal customs. Selling washing machines to Bantus is practically impossible because washing by hand is still considered as essential a wifely duty as childbearing. Bantus are rabid users of patent medicines, considering them a stimulant to sexual vigor; in one 1,000-home survey, Mkele found 300 different kinds of patent medicine...