1.   And it did not delve into the thornier issue of education financing and how much money should be devoted to improving teaching.

2.   A prominent land conservancy group is urging Congress to devote more money to buying up private property within national parks.

3.   A liberal might prefer devoting the money to housing for the poor, but the result would be many fewer homes.

4.   Brooke pledged not to do that, but shortly before his departure he began backtracking on his prior pledge to devote lottery money only to capital improvements.

5.   Bush has said that before he devotes more money for global AIDS, he wants assurances that it will be well spent.

6.   By offering to devote the money to community investment activities, Glendale turned up the heat on the government to begin resolving the potentially expensive cases.

7.   Colgate is able to devote so much money to advertising because it has been trimming costs in other areas.

8.   Cuomo said it was important first to revamp oversight of the system and consider alternatives, after which he was prepared to devote more money.

9.   Democrats want to devote that money to strengthening Medicare, improving education and helping poor families save money for retirement, as Clinton has proposed.

10.   Eastern European markets extended first-quarter gains as foreign investors, especially from the U.S., devoted more money to the region.