"More families are requesting aid than ever before," said Victoria Goldman, co-author of the Manhattan Family Guide to Private Schools and Selective Public Schools.
The fund from which Catalonia is requesting aid is still being assembled.
Now, as then, the German chancellor, constrained by public hostility to bailouts and convinced that only market pressure can keep profligate countries on the right path, is turning a deaf ear, saying there is no need to act because no one is requesting aid.
And remember, even if you submitted the FAFSA last year, you'll have to complete a new form if you're requesting aid again.
"That contingency plan only takes effect if we don't get the aid we are requesting from the state and federal government and labor unions," said William T. Cunningham, the mayor's communications director.
But General Motors and its smaller rival, Chrysler, have threatened that they will need $125 billion, in what would be the largest bankruptcy financing packages ever, if they do not receive the additional federal aid they are requesting.
Sen. Susan Collins, a Republican from Maine, has said there should be at least some offsets for the disaster aid New York and New Jersey are requesting.
But Mr. Orban has a relatively weak hand to play over the issue of the national central bank, since his government is requesting financial aid from the European Union and the International Monetary Fund.
Freddie, based in McLean, Va., will pay a dividend of $4.4 billion to the United States Treasury next month and is requesting no additional aid.
The $301 million that the UN is requesting in emergency aid is only a tiny sum in comparison to the kind of investment that countries like the Philippines need to prevent harm in the future.
