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Meanwhile, Wyoming is in a position to pay a greater share of the cost of protecting itself, yet refuses to do so. Thanks to high energy prices, Wyoming's plentiful oil and coal resources have helped produce a rare $1.2 billion state surplus, the largest in the nation as a percentage of budget, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. Recently, the state's office of homeland security asked the Wyoming legislature for $532,000 over and above the $105,000 it already pays for Wyoming security chief Moore's salary. But the Governor and the office of homeland...
...Through much hard work...we have been able to bring the school’s budget into balance and are presently projecting a balanced budget for [fiscal year 2004] and a modest $50,000 surplus for [fiscal year 2005],” Nye wrote...
Unfortunately, the reality is that there just aren’t a lot of opportunities at Harvard for those of us who lack a surplus of athletic ability to reap these benefits of organized athletics. For many sports, JV is not a viable option as it either takes place at too high a skill level for the “average” player (see: men’s basketball) or else is such a small commitment that few people take it seriously (see: men’s lacrosse). Many of us choose instead to play intramurals, but we generally...
...much is the deal worth? Two-way trade in goods and services between the countries is worth about $28 billion a year, with a $9 billion trade surplus to the U.S. Mutual direct investment is worth $60 billion. Once the FTA comes into effect (and it could be as early as Jan. 1, 2005), all American farm products and more than 99% of U.S.-made goods will land in Australia duty free. The share of Australian exports with that status will be smaller, because U.S. farm protection is extensive and will remain so. American producers estimate that they could sell...
...dredged from some military warehouse. Tyler has already made a vigorous—and convincing—case that his planned vessels are not in the least mallard-esque, nor are they warlike. (They are, he contends, merely a transcendent kind of bus, separate from the Patton-era DUKW surplus vehicles familiar to many...