More than 3,400 tickets were issued in the first two weeks after the program was restarted, a city audit found.
The fund had been in discussions with opposition as well as governing parties, and Mr. Franks said there was "broad political support for the main issues in the program".
The program "tests" whether a patient should be interviewed about every issue in the program as that issue is reached in the course of an interview.
The following string was issued to the program in order to constrain the possible formulae by the same constraints used for selecting the masses: "HR2-all-res.exe -C "test" -m MASS -t TOL -C 1-200 1-200200 -N 0-20-O 0-60 -P 0-6 -S 0-6" where MASS is the neutral mass and TOL is the 5 ppm window size.
"Saudi Arabia is a sovereign country," he said in a statement issued as the program was broadcast.
About eight million Visa cards have been issued since the program began in 2000, she said, with about two-thirds of those selected from the ranks of former Target cardholders.
"After meeting with the producers of both 'Live' and 'Good Morning America,' and after speaking with Kelly and Michael, we have decided on a plan that best advantages both shows for the future," Disney/ABC said in a statement issued after the program.
In a review of the wireless 911 program issued in February, the state's comptroller, Alan G. Hevesi, reported that significant progress had been made in upgrading the statewide system.
The latest report from the Social Security Board of Trustees, issued in April 2012, estimated that the program's accumulated "trust funds" would be exhausted by 2033, meaning policymakers might need to raise taxes or cut benefits or both to deal with the shortfall.
It was the perfect finale, touching (however obliquely) on nearly all the musical issues explored in the program.
