1.   Democrats fear that block-granted education money could be diverted by states for other uses.

2.   He pointed to Missouri welfare rules, which allow the state to divert public-assistance payments to employers, who use them to pay welfare recipients they hire.

3.   Opponents feared the bill would enable states to divert federal help from disadvantaged students.

4.   The debate echoes around the nation as many states divert growing numbers of children to adult court in response to public pleas for a crackdown.

5.   Union leaders have said it was unfair for the state to divert money from the fund to pay for medical care.

6.   Andrade called on public employees to be patient because the state was diverting needed funds to pay their salary increase.

7.   Democrats complained states could divert the money from poor students to wealthier districts.

8.   North Korea on Friday criticized a Japanese suggestion that the impoverished communist state must divert huge resources spent on its military to help feed its hungry population.