Word: spending
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Among Republicans, George Bush is doing a Midas turn. His FEC report will show cumulative receipts of $9.3 million, a tribute to his drawing power in the G.O.P. establishment. Bush has already spent more than most candidates have taken in. Rival campaigns have a frail hope: that Bush will spend so freely he will collide with the federal expenditure ceiling before the nomination...
...arsenals and boost military sales abroad. While thinking big, however, they often give little thought to the ultimate cost. India is investing up to $4 billion to build a lightweight fighter that will become the backbone of its air force in the late 1990s. Japan is debating whether to spend up to $10 billion on its proposed FSX fighter or buy comparable U.S. versions for as little as half the price. France continues to push ahead with its $5.8 billion Rafale fighter even though German, British and Italian companies are collaborating on a similar plane...
...contribution to the magazine. "There is no question," she says, "that research provides a richer lode for our writers to mine and enhance their stories. Fortunately, our reporter-researchers have a voracious appetite for news, are sticklers for detail and love books and libraries, which is where they spend a lot of their time." She adds, "We pride ourselves on our pursuit of accuracy, down to the smallest detail, and our aim is to help make TIME more readable...
...fractious globe allows it, Ronald Reagan may spend his final months in power less as a swashbuckler than as a teacher, looking back and extracting lessons from his considerable experience. His "Economic Bill of Rights" speech, delivered on the third of July at the Jefferson Memorial, was a summary of the passions expended in his stewardship and a call to the faithful to carry the banner beyond...
...student government, the Undergraduate Council, plays no important role in University decisionmaking. Its statements on policy are largely ignored and its members are not included in any meaningful decisions. And because the University does not entrust the undergraduate government with any responsibility other than deciding how much money to spend on its own furniture, students do not take seriously their own representatives. In the face of disregard on one side and apathy on the other, the Council has become an unwieldy, bureaucratized morass filled with publicity hounds in search of filler for their resumes...