Advocates say the most important thing is to direct money to those who will spend it, mainly through richer unemployment benefits, stepped up grants to the states, increases in military spending and bigger outlays for public works projects that can be undertaken quickly.
Álvaro Anchuelo, of the centrist Union, Progress and Democracy party, called the benefit a step in the right direction but said it was "too short a step.
But Mr. Bush and his advisers have declined to say if they would reduce the guaranteed benefit, a step that would clearly open a new line of attack for Mr. Gore.
Percy Barnevik, who is embroiled in a dispute with a former employer, ABB, over his pension benefits, will step down two months early as chairman of the Swedish investment company Investor after a second request for him to repay some of his retirement funds.
Supporters of the Taiwan bill disputed fears by some lawmakers that the measure could imperil the vote on China's trade benefits, a step American and Chinese negotiators agreed to last November that cleared the way for China's entry into the World Trade Organization.
The graveyard is located in a small village within Beijng — the sort that hardly exists nowadays, so you also have the benefit of stepping into the past of this now totally modernized city, and it is fascinating to stroll around the town and its narrow, meandering, and ramshackle streets.
In brief, the following steps were used to conduct the cost-benefit analysis: Step 1.
"We have the time benefit of stepping into an [existing] operation," he says, adding that Philips will spend about $100 million over the next few years to upgrade the fab.
It is hard to know if Casper has betrayed Jennifer, maybe we'll learn more as the story unfolds, but if he has then she will benefit from stepping back and taking inventory.
