James Albright, who inspects radioactive materials for the state of North Carolina, is allotted $62 a night from the government for lodging.
There would be much else to see during the four days and three nights I'd allotted for the town with a steak named after it, where Chalie Parker did his best work and Harry Truman his most effective elbow-twisting.
Keith Olbermann is one of the only cable television personalities who uses his allotted time on Countdown each night to trying to keep the record straight.
He'll quietly grab his six boards a night in the minutes allotted him.
Now, instead of headlining this week's Democratic National Convention here at the FleetCenter, he has been allotted eight minutes on Tuesday, the night the major broadcast networks do not plan to show live.
In addition to anchoring a news hour on Sunday nights, Kelly will also be allotted a daytime hour in the "Today" morning lineup.
I figured a person would be fairly tired after spending months on end climbing mountains, reading plays, and visiting museums every day, so I allotted the doctor-recommended eight hours per night.
But I had promised myself that night before was my only allotted "feeling sorry for myself" time, and so I approached the day with every ounce of can-do that I had in me.
And that's all most of them will get: such is the state of convention coverage that tomorrow Tom Brokaw headlines a panel at Philadelphia City Hall titled "Is There a Future for on-the-Air Televised Conventions?" that (at two hours) is itself scheduled to run longer than the slots the big three broadcast networks have allotted to the convention in prime time most nights.
Each act was allotted two songs per show, but on the opening night Mr. Jones played five before he was carried offstage.
Although the restaurant is small, space has been allotted to a piano, and there is music Friday and Saturday nights.
