Companies that once were content to have a treasurer deal with the dollar signs now distinguish budgeting, planning, finance, investment and other fiscal functions.
But it demands politicians who can distinguish between budget profligacy and prudent borrowing, and who have the courage to push through unpopular reforms.
Resources are another problem: there are fewer computers in the public sector than in the private because many government departments still do not distinguish capital budgets from operating ones.Mr Christensen thinks one of the main problems is the lack of a common language.
Politically speaking, I had thought that the White House should not put these concessions in its budget, as distinguished from offering them in bipartisan negotiations if and when Republicans agreed to dedicate substantial savings from curbing tax credits, deductions, and other preferences (known as "tax expenditures") to deficit reduction.
Steckler hit his stride in the 60s with a series of oddball horror and sci-fi flicks distinguished by their low budgets, dadaesque visuals, outrageous plots (or lack thereof), and sporadic musical numbers.
The confusion is rooted in a failure to distinguish between cyclical budget problems and the longer-term soundness of state and local borrowing.
And "Not for You" (theme song by Pearl Jam), which was directed by James Cameron in the wake of "Titanic," is distinguished by a relatively modest budget (by Cameron's standards) and immodest amounts of hubris.
Lamoriello's record is distinguished, but the Devils' hockey operations budget is one of the highest in the N.H.L., and the team was more than $20 million in the red last season.
I long for the day when our very own congressmen can tweet "distinguished gntleman from ohio wrng about budget, follow me 4 truth".
This study is also limited in its ability to distinguish between specific budgets or funding routes of aid providers.
The relative effect of climate change and human activities was first empirically distinguished by a coupled water and energy budgets analysis, and then the result was further confirmed by a quantitative assessment.
