In "Don't Follow the Money" (column, Oct. 19), David Brooks argues that because big-spending candidates often lose to lesser-funded challengers, there's no reason to be concerned about the flood of large donations, many of them secret, flowing into Congressional contests this fall.
Production numbers at 42 lesser-funded theatre companies - which all receive between £250,000-£1m - went from 198 in 2009 to 195 in 2014.
At these 42 lesser-funded venues and touring companies, the numbers of shows have not gone up, but nor have they dropped significantly.
"With looser rules, lesser quality companies are funded, which muddies the water for everyone".
For some of the health conditions (such as accidents and injuries) where there have been a low number of economic studies conducted there might be a lesser number of researchers funded and/or interested in costing trauma prevention and rehabilitation measures than other diseases.
In the U.K., which has also seen consolidation, competitors include Laundrapp and the lesser-known and modestly funded Laundryheap.
Queen's Park proposed in 1990 to sell off Lesser Hampden to fund redevelopment works on the main stadium, but this was rejected by planners.
And since a startup like Salorix is valued far cheaper than its counterparts in the Valley, raising subsequent rounds of funding with lesser and lesser equity becomes very tough.
To a lesser degree funds were also stashed in Monaco, the Bahamas, Singapore and Luxembourg, the ministry said.
As Lesser reported, funds gained from a combination of government agencies and private foundations protected them from the economic pressures experienced by commercial broadcast television networks, but created challenges in procuring future funding.
