1.   A presidential Declaration would trigger federal aid dollars for flood victims.

2.   A victory by the resurging communists could bring recrimination against Clinton for both losing Russia and for having wasted billions of aid dollars there.

3.   College officials defended these meetings as necessary to ensure that a limited pool of financial aid dollars went to the greatest number of needy students.

4.   Hundreds of millions of federal aid dollars have been lost to Texas because of undercounts in the past four censuses.

5.   Large numbers of refugees menaced by starvation and disease make for pathos and dramatic press coverage that attracts aid dollars from global humanitarian organizations and foreign governments.

6.   On that point, he is likely to face strong opposition from European leaders, who fear the approach would deplete limited aid dollars too quickly.

7.   Several newspapers have complained that Honduras will lose aid dollars to Nicaragua, unless President Carlos Flores does a better job of articulating the scope of the damage here.

8.   States that miss the target could lose millions of federal aid dollars, although it is unclear whether Washington will levy fines.

9.   The administration says Afghanistan cannot absorb more aid dollars, partly because roads are unsafe and access to the countryside is blocked.

10.   The imperative now, as aid dollars are invested more wisely, is to close that gap.