Word: millions
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...attraction to irrational solutions to our current social problems so prevalent among the American electorate this year is nowhere greater than in the supporters of Wallace. It makes me shudder to think that a politician with his lack of originality could draw such a sizable following. Or perhaps 13.5 million adult Americans can't be wrong. Perhaps, as I enter the voting booth this November, I should close my eyes tightly...
...wish ...," he began, before waiting for quiet. "I wish ... I wish I could take you youngsters all the places I go, because you give me a million votes every time you come." He was so right, so right...
Leahy feels that the National Institutes of Health, which saw the cuts coming early and negotiated directly with the individuals who were receiving grants, handled its cuts more effectively. NIH funds--which last year amounted to some $25 million at Harvard--ended up being cut about 15 percent across the board, but each person receiving funds has been able to compromise individually with the federal officials...
Leahy said that the NSF--which last year provided Harvard with some $5.7 million in research money--has established expenditure ceilings for each university, and has given the responsibility for allocating funds directly to the universities...
...said yesterday. In the past, almost all research money has been awarded to individual professors heading projects, and the money has therefore been negotiated on a grant-by-grant basis. But, after the federal spending cuts, NSF set up fund ceilings for each institution--in Harvard's case, $5.395 million--based on the institution's expected allocations minus a certain percentage...