Word: surplus
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Sibylla is a single mother in London with a surplus of brains but a deficit of funds and support. Her son Ludo--the result of a one-night stand with a man Sibylla calls Liberace on account of his mawkish mediocrity--is some kind of insatiable genius; the minute he learns one thing, he gobbles up the next. "I taught him to count past 5 and he counted up to 5,557 over a period of three days before collapsing in sobs because he had not reached the end...I taught him to add 2 to a number...
...funds for the one-time challenge grant come from the council's special fund, which is separate from a grant fund that allocates money to student groups each year on a need basis. The special fund was developed with a surplus in council funds discovered several years ago, and not from the annual student activities fee on the term bill...
...poor and rich are living together, with the poor dying and the rich with more wealth than they know what to do with," Sachs said, referring to current U.S. budget surplus...
...want to see. The fumbled election? Terrible news, say the grim. No clear winner; no telling what's in store. Wonderful news, say the glib. So much confusion means so much gridlock in Congress that we'll probably not get any dumb spending bills or tax cuts. Read: The surplus is safe...
...into the chamber, he was under the most intense amount of personal pressure any President has ever had at a State of the Union. Nobody knew what he was going to say; nobody knew how he could do it. And he said, "What shall we do with our new surplus? I have a simple, four-word answer: save Social Security first." The Democrats jumped up and applauded. And Gingrich thought about it for a second; then he stood up and applauded. And the Republicans looked at him, and looked at one another; then they stood up and applauded. At that...