Sentences with phrase «as soft money»

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44 In September 2014, money market rates were soft for several days going into quarter - end, as market participants anticipated that the ON RRP would reach its aggregate capacity on that day.

For example, you might think that Premier League in a cynical exercise in separating English football from its core congregation and repacking it as a globalised machine for the printing of money, and you might think that Manchester City's sudden rise to the top of the league is nothing more than an equally cynical exercise in soft political power by the ruling family of Abu Dhabi.

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Those moving amusements — oh don't get me started — as if it isn't enough that you have paid # 4.50 to enter the hell hole that we call «soft play» your little one now wants you to pay more money for them to sit in the fake car that plays music.

With the Roberts Supreme Court already apparently reconsidering past precedents with an eye toward treating corporate and union donations as free speech, a federal appeals court has now ruled on behalf of Emily's List that nonprofits can use functionally unbounded «soft money» to finance their election - year activities.

Soft money accounts, known as «housekeeping» committees, allow political groups to raise unlimited contributions in support of generalized, party - building actions.

Klein said in an interview yesterday that soft money accounts need to end as well in order to make public financing effective.

He added the issue still remains a «line in the sand» for him this legislative session, saying that it also made the case of taking up his other provisions in the overhaul package, such as ending soft money party committees, a move that Assembly Democrats have not included in their legislation.

The campaign — which featured nearly $ 6 million worth of advertising raised mostly through the party's soft - money account — was seen as one that supplanted the defunct Committee to Save New York, a coalition of business and labor that registered as a lobbying entity.

The same amount was not given to the GOP as «soft» money or free kudos.

The «housekeeping» or soft money campaign account for the state Democratic Committee in the last six months has raised heavily from a variety of labor unions as Gov. Andrew Cuomo seeks to topple Republican House members who have backed efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act.

The Daily News reported on Oct. 3 that Cuomo had urged commissioners not to send a subpoena to the Democratic State Committee, which he has used to raise soft money for advertising campaigns, as they probed other party committees.

The money came as Schniederman and his Republican opponent, Staten Island District Attorney Daniel Donovan, were locked in a bitter fight for the AG's office in which Donovan frequently slammed Schneiderman for being too soft on corruption.

The likelihood that a young American - trained Ph.D. would land that coveted tenure - track job was the same in 2003 as it was a decade earlier; however, the new academic posts are supported mainly by soft money and are off the tenure track.

So UCSF offered Blower, who has an international reputation for her work on the transmission dynamics of infectious diseases, a position as an adjunct associate professor — in other words, a «soft money» job in which she had to raise her own salary.

Soft - money positions are especially tough on those scientists who decide to go it alone as independent investigators.

«[P] ositions may be institution - funded or grant - funded («hard money» or «soft money») and may come with varying degrees of stability (either through a tenure commitment or other funding arrangement),» but many «postdocs do not recognize that the term tenure - track is over-applied and used colloquially rather than as an accurate description of a given faculty appointment,» they continue.

Stanford analytical chemist Maria Dulay, on the other hand, willingly turned down a tenure - track faculty job at Wake Forest University in Winston - Salem, North Carolina, for a long - term, soft - money position as a research associate in Richard Zare's lab at Stanford.

As one scientist — one of a growing number of soft - money principal investigators working in the United States — wrote to me in a e-mail recently, «NIH is bombarded by grant - proposals not to advance the cause of science but to keep families housed and fed.»

This last seminar was crucial, because though bond money paid for «hard» infrastructure, such as grading, irrigation lines, trees, plants, ponds, and plantings, the more ambitious a particular school's «soft» green dreams, the more adept supporters needed to be at grant writing.

They might also earn money from securities lending and soft dollar commission arrangements as well.

The budget you give your broker should include your hard and soft costs as well as the reserve of money you plan to have set aside in case you run into unexpected events.

As we walked to dinner through the soft Omaha twilight, a fund manager I had encountered at a «meet and greet» suddenly said, «The only way to make money these days is leverage.»

As they enhanced their SkyClubs hard product through remodels around the world and reduced their free drink selection (soft product) and offer lower end well alcohol in lieu for overpriced «SkyBar drinks» Delta is now asking for (not) shockingly more money to access their clubs — with the end goal to increase their revenue and gouge frequent flyers more than ever.

As is common for the genre, the player can not purchase soft currency for real money, but must first purchase premium currency and convert it to soft currency.

I haven't noticed that soft - money researchers are particularly in the forefront of raising concerns about climate change, as you might expect if financial incentives were primary.

You should be very worried by this, because, government funded as you all are, when hard financial times come — as they have — the easiest way to make cuts is to take away money from the softest targets.

It is harder and harder to get money out of an insurance company for «soft - tissue» injuries such as sprains and strains.

In today's financing climate, where pre-sales are more difficult than ever to attract and GAP financing requires two or three times coverage, the holy grail of many independent producers has become «soft money» - funds which are generated by means other than sales of a product, such as tax credits, government subsidies and equity investments.

Soft money groups — known as 527 organizations — came to prominence following campaign finance rules that limit individual donations to candidates to $ 2,300 per person per election and require candidates to disclosure contributors.

As in the 2004 presidential election, soft money groups are already expected to play a major role in 2008, reports The Boston Globe.

Dryja noted that a soft fork would mean parties running older versions of Bitcoin Core could still use bitcoin, even if it would appear to them as if users were sending money without signatures.

Hard Money is sometimes easier to get (no qualifying can be available with good security) is much Harder as to terms i.e. interest, ARV, Points, Fees, overall cost compared to so called conventional or soft money... where terms and conditions are softer or easier on the borrower often because there are safeguards built into soft money loans that are significantly less risky than are the typical Hard Money LMoney is sometimes easier to get (no qualifying can be available with good security) is much Harder as to terms i.e. interest, ARV, Points, Fees, overall cost compared to so called conventional or soft money... where terms and conditions are softer or easier on the borrower often because there are safeguards built into soft money loans that are significantly less risky than are the typical Hard Money Lmoney... where terms and conditions are softer or easier on the borrower often because there are safeguards built into soft money loans that are significantly less risky than are the typical Hard Money Lmoney loans that are significantly less risky than are the typical Hard Money LMoney Loans.

Third, because of elevated costs brought about by a tight construction labor market and continued growth from the housing sector, money won't go as far as it would in a softer market.

The law bans so - called soft money contributions, as well as special interest group — sponsored issue ads that mention a candidate and run just before an election.

The $ 15,000 CityLIFT funds are actually a «soft second» mortgage which are then forgiven (free money) after the borrower has occupied the home for 5 years as their primary residence.

:D I don't waste money on extra items such as snack cakes, soft drinks, etc..

For continuity and ease, I always use the same soft white shade, but I do spend time and money on tester pots for other colours, as I'm really particular!