21.   President Vladimir V. Putin is attending openings for avant garde artists, dining with American movie stars and increasing the budget for culture.

22.   President Vladimir N. Putin is attending openings for avant garde artists, dining with American movie stars and increasing the budget for culture.

23.   President Vladimir N. Putin has even increased the budget for culture.

24.   Some schools have increased advertising budgets and stepped up their own recruiting to compete with companies trying to lure skilled workers in a tight labor market.

25.   Strengthen the Federal Election Commission by limiting commissioners to one term and increasing its budget for enforcement.

26.   Specter says the intelligence community needs an overhaul, but Combest has generally supported the CIA and has suggested that its budget be increased.

27.   That money could come from streamlining defense spending practices, canceling existing weapons systems, closing more military bases with greater speed or increasing military budgets.

28.   The boom is being driven by the National Institutes of Health, which, under pressure from Congress, has sharply increased its budget for studies of alternative medicine.

29.   The budget has been increased.

30.   The association also increased the budgets of programs designed to help former college athletes gain their undergraduate degrees and receive post-graduate scholarships.