Word: funds
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...backlash, refused to pass a 1 cents boost in the sales tax to underwrite the package. Determined to carry through with his program, the Governor has been touring the state's small, backwoods communities since March to reignite enthusiasm for education reform and solicit support for the taxes to fund it. Says Clinton: "We need to make sure people know what the gains were...
...Jerusalem, point out that their task is difficult and must be done with precision. For example, one of the caves contained 15,000 fragments that had to be pieced together like jigsaw puzzles into 516 scrolls. Harvard University's John Strugnell, head of the group since 1987, says fund-raising difficulties and the Arab-Israeli wars slowed progress. He admits that his deadline of 1997 is only an "intelligent guess," not a "promise," and that work could stretch years beyond that...
...national strike defense fund containing $17 million to $18 million, and will pay strikers based on need after the second week, Early said...
IBEW does not have a strike fund, and several workers yesterday said they were committed to the strike but worried about making ends meet...
...trade and financial sanctions against drug-source nations such as Mexico -- also anathema to traditionalists at State and Treasury, who argue that punitive economic measures would undermine Latin American economies and drive thousands more people into the drug underground. "Before long, there may be provisions in International Monetary Fund loans about ((protecting)) elephants in Kenya and rain forests in Brazil," says Von Raab, "but there are no provisions on drugs...