First prize: free tickets on budget carrier Air Berlin PLC, which had expected to make Brandenburg its new, expanded hub.
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Under the new budget, free swimming for children through the summer holidays will be re-introduced and there will also be "quid for a kid" access to sports facilities at weekends.
Just at a time when people out of work need libraries for retooling, learning how to put resumes together and capitalizing, in many cases, on free internet use, budget cutbacks and scaled-back hours are seen as the only option.
Even when pressed last Friday morning on the "Today" show about why he wasn't talking about his executive record, Gore didn't take the gimme moment in front of 6 million viewers about welfare reform, a balanced budget, free-trade agreements, low crime rates and newly protected wilderness areas.
That alone will free 20% of the budget, which can be rechanneled to farm-to-market roads, dams, irrigation canals, post-harvest facilities, and research and development.
President Kennedy's ambitious goal of landing on the moon was achieved in eight years, by a NASA that was free to soar on a budget that rose to 4.4% of the annual federal budget in 1966, according to noted space historian John Logsdon.
He had hoped that Microsoft would save its ad budget and give Surface away for free.
Little Kids Rock provides music instruction and free instruments for public school students affected by budget cuts.
Budget-minded travelers with more free time would be better off using a local phone card or VoIP services.
All this will help blunt criticism of Japan in the United States, where it is often accused of free-loading on America's defence budget.
Free schools are funded from the public education budget but the schools are run independently and have the freedom to create their own curriculum.
But when there are large surpluses, Wall Street does not care a bit if there is no budget deal and law makers feel free to strike poses and throw tantrums.
Ms. ALICE RIVLIN (Former Director, Office of Management and Budget): Safe and drug-free schools was one of our candidates for elimination.
But the ultraluxury hotel will be alongside LVMH's first DFS duty-free emporium in Europe, which relies largely on budget Chinese travelers, according to people close to the project.
Hodgson's carefully crafted team of budget signings (Zoltan Gera, a free transfer from West Brom), obscure European finds (Brede Hangeland from FC Copenhagen) and rejuvenated 'Big Four' cast-offs (Danny Murphy, ex-Liverpool, and former Chelsea winger Damien Duff) have negotiated 14 games on their way to their maiden European final.
Despite all the free labour, the London games hugely bust their original budget.
If you want a Web presence but don't care about e-mail boxes and don't have much of a budget, there's no shortage of free domain hosting services.
I'm proud that we passed the recovery plan free of earmarks, and I want to pass a budget next year that ensures that each dollar we spend reflects only our most important national priorities.
Now, I'm proud that we passed a recovery plan free of earmarks, and I want to pass a budget next year that ensures that each dollar we spend reflects only our most important national priorities.
It got its budget rebate, stayed out of the Schengen free-travel area, opted out of the euro, stayed half-out of co-operation on judicial and police affairs and is blocking attempts to create stronger common defence and foreign policies.
And it can even be a hassle-free alternative to pricey, proprietary applications, regardless of your budget.
With no budget coming for a few months, ministers felt free to spend what they liked.
Verlander and Kershaw could sign new deals before going free, but it is appears less likely the low-budget Rays could afford a long-term deal with Price, the reigning AL Cy Young Award winner.
The budget includes provision for 21 extra police officers, maintaining free personal care for the elderly and providing free breakfast clubs in 24 schools in deprived areas.
Primping aside, it will be interesting to see whether consumers agree with Siu and Intel chairman Craig Barrett that Nicholas Negroponte's OLPC is little more than a gadgety PDA, or whether free, robust open-source software is more appealing to the budget-conscious geek.
At the other end, there are cheap and free smartphone applications to enhance the trip or help you plan your gasoline budget.
Broadcasters may then be unable to fund commitments to quality and diversity, and be forced to increase their output of low-budget, advertiser-friendly programming, resulting in a diminished range of free-to-air content.
Recent budget issues have raised the spectre of fare hikes, but Trimet provides free transit to all high school students in the Portland Public School District, while other students receive a reduced-fare Youth Pass.
The prime minister again promised to honour his pledge not to cut universal benefits for pensioners - such as free bus passes and winter fuel payments - effectively ringfencing this part of the welfare budget.
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So when some budget and luxury hotels, along with bars and cafes, offer it for free, it's hard not to raise an eyebrow at the hotels that don't.
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