Word: funds
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...obdurate was the mood on Capitol Hill that a joint conference committee moved not an inch toward resolving a dispute over a normally routine financing measure needed to fund agencies for which regular appropriations are still pending. The House wants to use the financing resolution as a lever to force the White House to make budget cuts of up to $8 billion while the Senate refuses to cooperate in the ploy. While the conferees scheduled yet another meeting for this week, the District of Columbia government, the Agency for International Development and the Office of Economic Opportunity -technically dollarless since...
...September, "have been unable to divest themselves of a sense of constriction, of fear, of casuistry, of survivals from the past." Today, most Russians long only for a quiet life, a little more freedom, a few more privileges, a bit more self-respect. Despite all the anniversary hoopla, the fund of enthusiasm produced by the revolution is almost bankrupt...
...time for sober second thoughts came only as Chicagoans realized that while their city was rapidly growing, the number of its theaters and concert stages was actually shrinking. Sparking a drive that began in 1960 to rehabilitate the Auditorium was Mrs. John V. Spachner, a tenacious and seasoned Chicago fund raiser. Undaunted by an earlier estimate that had pegged the cost of restoration at $4,000,000, Bea Spachner enlisted the aid of an enthusiastic Louis Sullivan fan, Architect Harry Weese, 52. Weese resurveyed the building, reported that it could be brought back to mint condition for only...
N.A.A.C.P. Legal Defense Fund Lawyer Mel Zarr, who argued the case, naturally was pleased. "Carrying these laws on the books is dangerous," he said. "They grant too much discretion to police. This is the front wave of legal decisions to come...
...Boston, where he is in his first year as president of the New England Conservatory of Music. In two months he has revamped the conservatory's somewhat musty operation to put more stress on practical training, brought in 17 new faculty members, expanded the curriculum and stepped up fund raising. "Why not think big?" he asks. "This conservatory could affect the musical education of the nation...