Mr. Tilson Thomas said he understood that it was not easy to interest young people in classical music.
Most though not all such officials accept that now is no time to be tightfisted, that for the time being credit must be easy and interest rates low.
The administration has insisted that the booming economy is not inflationary, suggesting, in effect, that the Fed should go easy on interest rates.
"I think she found it less attractive working in an area that was relatively unfashionable (regeneration in salamanders) at the time, and where it was sometimes not so easy to interest people," Brockes says.
It's easier to interest the news media in information about front-runners.
It's far easier to interest big donors in funding eye-catching initiatives than in funding unglamorous core activities.
They say it would also do nothing to stem the practices of banks and credit card companies that flood the mail with solicitations for easy, high-interest credit.
It is a much-remarked feature of modern times that it's rather easier to interest the British electorate in game shows than government.
The American political system is more fragmented, and easier for interest groups to lobby, than most other systems in the developed world.
But New York politics are never easy; the interests of New York City lawmakers often conflict with suburban and upstate priorities, even within the same party.
