But they adjusted, and now give the program high marks for flexibility and choice.
Spending more for flexibility has an attraction, but that could be a fatal attraction.
FORBES: Flexible Corporate Strategy: The Freedom Pipeline Example
While there are advantages to being big, he said, there is also a need for flexibility.
In some industries, reducing working hours in exchange for flexibility may be a spur to productivity.
Governors are clamoring for flexibility to find real cost savings besides cutting benefits and already-low reimbursements to providers.
Twenty-nine governors, all Republicans, wrote Congress last month asking for flexibility in the form of block grant funding.
Robert Byrd of West Virginia, took issue with the administration's request for flexibility on how to spend the money.
CNN: Rumsfeld, Ridge lobby Congress for war, anti-terror money
Working moms ranked them highly for flexibility and positive interactions with senior management.
This allows for flexibility for doctors so they can focus on what their patients need during a procedure.
FORBES: GE Installs Robotic Operating Room System In U.S. Hospital
"Margins for flexibility were introduced in European budget rules and we will ask that they can be used, " Mr Monti said on his arrival.
Arne Duncan, Barack Obama's education secretary, is meanwhile calling for flexibility and wants the effectiveness of teachers to be considered before they are fired.
Sheryl Sandberg has started an important conversation, one that encourages more of us to ask for flexibility and emboldens us to talk about it.
For over four years Mr Campbell, who is not known for flexibility, has prescribed such medicine as the only way to revive British Columbia's slumping economy.
So he and his advisors huddled, trying to craft something that would protect the fingers, allow for flexibility, and not look like Gardner was about to clobber the second baseman.
Crowdsourcing is going to be important for flexibility gains.
That is something the Conservatives have been calling for - but the government has rejected it as unworkable, because it would not allow for flexibility should the economy suddenly require an influx of, say, scientists.
Much like the presentation format, in which designers stage their models instead of having them walk, digital fashion shows can save time and money for a fledgling brand, or even one simply looking for flexibility.
Sandberg's announcement reminds us, too, of how little we're asking for when we ask for flexibility -- things like getting home to have dinner with our families or take an ailing parent to the doctor.
For flexibility, make sure your durable power of attorney--that is, the power that kicks in if you're not physically or mentally able to make decisions--allows the person holding the power to make gifts on your behalf.
It would after all suit Gerry Adams well enough if it appeared that he faced the same problems as the Ulster Unionist leader David Trimble in persuading his followers of the need for flexibility in negotiations.
This was surely a time for flexibility in the application of the rules - just as had been the case when Ferrari illegally released Massa from the pits into the path of another car at the previous race in Valencia.
The report documents some of the changes in the U.S. workforce which have increased the need for flexibility in the workplace, including the increased number of women entering the labor force, the prevalence of families where all adults work, increasing eldercare responsibilities, and the rising importance of continuing education.
Archer's office said he was planning to continue lobbying for more flexibility for states to privatize their welfare services.
The principles-based regulation he calls for allows flexibility for both industries and regulators.
Well thought out, carefully drafted vehicles, and professional guidance on implementation and management, allow for greater flexibility for contingencies than generally assumed.
FORBES: Consider Gifts In 2012; Avoid Regrets In 2013 And Beyond!
The high standard of service provided by not for profit organizations was praised by representatives from Pennaf Housing Group, Community Housing Cymru and Gwalia Housing Group but they called for greater flexibility within care for older people in Wales.
In a nation not known for its flexibility, Wakino works for a unique financial services company.
应用推荐