Word: rata
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...less than inflation. Income covering indirect expenses, which represent reimbursements to the University for costs such as general and departmental administration, library use, operation and maintenance of facilities, and depreciation, none of which can be directly associated with single research projects but which must be aggregated and distributed pro rata to all projects, increased by 16.4% to $29.1 million. Total receipts from the government constituted 23.7% of University expenditures, a decrease from 24.9% during the prior year...
...really weren't considering specific program cuts. At this late date, you can't make a new budget, so if the budget is too high, the pro rata cuts are about the only device available. On entitlement programs, of course, we'll have to consider them one at a time, because they'll require a change...
...Before the revised act went into effect last October, the typical debtor went into "straight bankruptcy": many of his possessions were taken from him and sold. Secured creditors, attorneys' fees, court costs and taxes were paid first. What was left went to the unsecured creditors on a pro rata basis. Many of the creditors remained unpaid, while the debtor had little left with which to start a recovery. Only in about 15% of the cases did debtors choose to proceed under Chapter 13, or the "wage-earners' plan," which permitted partial repayment of debts over three years...