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...time is another problem. Though the Government requires that construction begin within 90 days of funding approval, the lag between presidential initiative and groundbreaking is much longer. Before the $2 billion in public works grants could be dished out, the Commerce Department's Economic Development Administration had to sift through 24,000 project applications to select 2,000 winners...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Lotsa Bucks, but Little Bang? | 1/24/1977 | See Source »

...princely sum covers salaries for Sprague's staff of 170, the lease or purchase of polygraph machines and copiers and the creation of a computerized cross-reference system for the thousands of documents the staff will sift through...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: Sprague's Spraw | 1/10/1977 | See Source »

...asked if they agreed or disagreed with the following statement: "The graduated income tax is an additional tax." The pollees were divided equally in their responses. Duboff says there is always so much confusion about the referenda that "you just don't know how much knowledge is going to sift through before the election...

Author: By Adam W. Glass, | Title: Taxophobia: The Poor Uphold a Rich Man's Tax | 11/4/1976 | See Source »

...scavengers who sift through famous people's garbage to determine how they spend their lives would have found nothing enlightening in our trash. Perhaps there was a crumpled note from an unrequited dancer to his tormentress, but there were no incriminatory condoms, needles, or stains. This had been a typical Harvard party--elevated perhaps by a tape of reggae and soul, distinguished maybe by the eclectic crowd--but in reality just another boring bash. In our trash was the spoor of the Saturday night regulars: a tiny contingent of Third World people, a handful of Wellesley women, a pride...

Author: By Philip Weiss, | Title: No Deposit, No Return | 3/22/1976 | See Source »

...sugars to the butter. Add in boiling milk and stir. Cool 10 mins. Add the yeast and stir until dissolved. Sift together the salt, nutmeg, and flour. Add 1/2 flour mixture to milk mixture to form a batter. Add the egg and beat well. Stir in the remaining flour mixture. Cover and set aside 1-1 1/4 hrs. Knead the batter gently and roll on a floured board to desired thickness. Cut and cover. Let rise 1/2-1 hr. Fry in hot oil. Sprinkle with sugar or honey. Monica CordNew York...

Author: By Jonathan H. Alter, | Title: A Rose by Any Other Name | 3/8/1976 | See Source »

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