But a more worrisome possibility could be that academic centers with less financial support from big-ticket research grants might be more dependent on outside funds to support their educational programs.
Science policymakers, funders, and researchers spent 2 days this week in Barcelona, Spain, mulling over the problem of how to shift much needed big-ticket research facilities from drawing-board to construction site.
Dr. Loren B. Thompson, a defense analyst and chief operating officer of the Lexington Institute, a Washington research organization, agreed, "Big ticket items will always be under scrutiny, and particularly today as future military requirements are in flux," he said.
Only the big ticket- sellers need apply.
But Boris/Bloomberg was the big ticket.
The Big Ticket Love him or loathe him, Costa is the hottest ticket in the Premier League.
Big Ticket includes sales from the previous week, ending Wednesday.
Allowing more channels is the big ticket.
Big Ticket Items At the top of the list: housing.
The big ticket items are education, housing and highways.
