1.   Also, senators are squabbling over distribution formulas.

2.   And any distribution formula agreed upon by those who negotiated the settlement will almost certainly be changed by Congress, which must approve the pact.

3.   Any changes in the distribution formula must be approved by the board of the United Ways of New England, which is made up of the various local organizations.

4.   Changing the Triboro distribution formula is a good place to start.

5.   Governors and lawmakers from high-growth states want any distribution formula to take into account their booming populations.

6.   Southern and Southwestern states were rewarded in the bill when Shuster and bill sponsors decided to include a funding distribution formula based on the most current census data.

7.   The distribution formula should encourage the flow of dollars to areas of greatest need.

8.   The House and a Senate panel have approved welfare overhaul plans that retain distribution formulas, which some states contend are inequitable.

9.   The leaders of United Way of Massachusetts Bay acknowledge the proposal to change the distribution formula is not popular in some quarters.

10.   The resulting distribution formula was based on number of intercollegiate sports, scholarships and tournament victories.