Word: spending
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...said the selectmen will probably ask to meet with MBTA officials hoping for assurances that Foster will spend the settlement appropriately. Locke added that the MBTA might use the funds for regular expenses and payroll accounts instead of providing better service...
...difficult to state the real level of inflation, Eastern style. Even those governments that admit to a low level of "inflation" cook the books and obscure the situation with huge state subsidies that hold down prices of certain essentials. The Soviet Union will spend about $31 billion this year to restrain the retail price of food; frozen turkey sells at $1.81 per lb. and milk at 20? a pint. It will also spend $7.5 billion to hold average monthly electricity and heating bills to $4.50 and the monthly rent for a standard three-room apartment...
Ayuh. You get some dark horse politician here this winter who'll not only stomp through our snow but also spend a week in one of our cold houses, and he won't be dark any more; he'll be blue. M. Cyrene Wells Epsom...
Lawton M. Chiles, Florida Democratic Senator, assessing budget requests for protection and perks provided for former Presidents: "This year, for the first time, the amount we spend on former Presidents will be more than the appropriation for the White House...
...philosophy towards the way I wanted to spend my four years at Harvard was to put people and relationships first, learning as much outside the classroom as in," Casto says. "If I made good grades and had a good time doing it, fine. Otherwise, no matter how good, the grades would be worthless...