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However, House Speaker Thomas M. Finneran (D-Mattapan) has abused his power by blocking any attempt to implement the law. Finneran has prevented funding proposals for Clean Elections from seeing the light of day while the $23 million already in the Clean Elections account goes unspent. While we recognize that the state budget is spread thin during this recession, this does not mean that voters’ funding priorities, as expressed in the referendum that approved this law, are any less valid than those of the members of the legislature...
...various states of slumber, from the U.S.? hangover to Europe?s lethargy to Japan?s coma, deflation is its worst nightmare. Deflation happens when people simply refuse to buy stuff, and any money that gets put into the economy by the central bank just sits there, unborrowed, uninvested, unspent. And there?s almost nothing a Greenspan can do about it, except wait. (Hey - he's fine. He invested in Treasurys in 2000 and beat the Street by a mile...
...Restricted funds can thus be difficult to spend if their stated purpose does not match the University’s needs. While some University programs are devoid of funding, these unspent funds sit idle, lining the University’s coffers...
...vast new worldwide audience of readers galvanized by J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter novels, and no new Harry Potter installment will appear this year to slake the pent-up cravings of the boy wizard's devotees. Millions of people bereft! What's worse, many more millions of dollars unspent at bookstores...
...every question is, "Yes, sir. My pleasure, sir. Right away, sir." Black Lincolns waited at the curb, maitre d's whisked me to secluded corners, and I never saw a bill. Everything was handled quietly, out of sight. I went around for a week with $40 in my pocket, unspent...