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More substantive complaints are directed not at the logistics, but the philosophy of seeking outside funding for student groups. Several undergraduate minority leaders argue that groups should not have to plow through the red tape but should instead receive a guarantee in favor of lump-sum funding Ting notes that whenever his group undertakes a project. "I worry all the time if it is economically feasible...
Hairston agrees that a regular practice of direct lump sum funding would be an improvement over the current process of individual project evaluations saying that it would help balance the disparity between traditional organizations and newly created minority groups which have more limited alumni support. While he does not advocate a special fund exclusively for minority groups. Hairston adds that the best solution to the funding solution would be the creation of "a larger pie" to divide among all student organizations...
...long Levine will remain at the Met is moot. While he never criticizes Bliss, it is clear that he wants more control. In renegotiating his contract, which expires in 1986, Levine is demanding complete artistic authority over the Met, including a lump-sum budget to spend as he sees fit. "For me," says Levine, "it would mean that any mistake that happens then would happen because I had lousy judgment, instead of a mistake happening because we couldn't time the moves right." Other organizations, among them the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Royal Opera House, approach him with...
...time the lawmakers adjourned in October, they had passed only three of 13 appropriation bills needed to keep the Government running. Like lame ducks with their heads cut off, the members were able to approve only a few more funding bills during the special session and were forced to lump all other appropriations into a catchall continuing resolution that provides temporary funds for everything from missiles to Medicaid...
...where they both stillvote), Joan appeared to be near tears, according to Court Clerk Robert Farrell, but "Ted put his hand on her shoulder, and she seemed to regain her composure." Under the terms of what Joan called a "very generous" agreement, she will get alimony, child support, a lump-sum cash settlement, their apartment on Boston's Beacon Street and their Hyannis Port home. They will share legal custody of Patrick, 15; Edward Jr., 21, and Kara, 22, are no longer minors. Said Joan in a written statement: "I share with my husband a strong sense of dedication...