Word: spinners
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According to Claire B. Spinner, the chief financial officer for Cambridge Public Schools, the application forms for these grants which the district must fill out to receive the funding have not yet been released. She added that the spending and reporting regulations will be very stringent, and that the money can only be used for specific purposes...
...district has not determined exactly what it plans to do with the stimulus money, although Spinner said the funds, which are expected to be temporary, should not be used to create programs or hire personnel that will need to be sustained for longer than two years...
...proposal now would upset the already balanced budget. “I am extraordinarily disappointed that this is before us,” she said. “I cannot say that more emphatically. It has a budget impact that will not bode well.” Claire B. Spinner, chief financial officer for Cambridge Public Schools, said that there would be no way to increase the budget’s bottom line to accommodate expenses that had not already been accounted for. “In order for them to return the funding to those two community partners...
...many current and future GM or Chrysler car owners - and more than a few car dealers - the government promise is a bit of a head spinner. For example, if you're the happy owner of a GM or Chrysler car now, does the new government backing pertain to you? (No.) If you purchase a GM or Chrysler car today, are you covered? (Yes.) Last week? (No.) And if you buy while either company is in bankruptcy...
...Netanyahu does, however, have a few strong cards. His coalition passed the Knesset vote with 69 out of 120 seats, a huge margin by Israel's fractious standards. He has shown himself to be a shrewd deal spinner, and his government may stand a better chance of arm-twisting the Knesset into accepting a U.S.-sponsored peace deal than a weak, center-left government ever could. As for Lieberman's belligerent views toward Arabs, Netanyahu aides hasten to say the Premier himself will handle ties with Washington and Arab neighbors. (See pictures of life under Hamas in Gaza...