• Whereas only 13% of defendants treated in the usual way by the courts were free of drugs in the month before sentencing, those on the special scheme managed 32%.

    ECONOMIST: Drugs: Addictive justice | The

  • Despite the widespread flooding caused by such storms and though standard home policies do not cover flood damage, only about one-quarter of homeowners in risky areas have purchased flood insurance under a special scheme set up by the federal government.

    ECONOMIST: Property insurance: Taking cover | The

  • This view came despite the Bank of England's efforts in April to free up inter-bank lending through its special liquidity scheme.

    BBC: Mortgages 'stuck on high rates'

  • Mr King did rule out extending the special liquidity scheme, however, which had provided banks with emergency cash at the peak of the financial crisis.

    BBC: Bank of England warns inflation will exceed 3%

  • "Since the introduction of the special liquidity scheme, there has been a slight improvement in credit market conditions with Libor moving in a more helpful direction, " he said.

    BBC: Mortgage lending hits 33-year low

  • The first is that the Bank of England should extend its special liquidity scheme and lend banks directly whatever they need, accepting more mortgages, or mortgage-backed bonds, as collateral.

    ECONOMIST: Housing market

  • "Neither the cost nor the availability of wholesale funds has improved for lenders since the Bank of England launched its special liquidity scheme, helpful though that scheme is, " said CML director general Michael Coogan.

    BBC: Mortgages 'stuck on high rates'

  • For the first time, the OBR also gave a figure excluding the effects of the special liquidity scheme, which has been reclassified by the Office for National Statistics and so, some would argue, should be excluded.

    BBC: Graph showing GDP forecasts

  • Fischler urged member states to take advantage of the so-called purchase for destruction scheme, a special six-month programme that pays farmers to have their older cattle destroyed.

    CNN: BSE scare threatens EU budget

  • It puts off evangelicals in particular, according to Steve Deace, a prominent Christian radio host, for fear that it might undermine Israel's special place in God's scheme.

    ECONOMIST: The Republicans

  • Secondary schools Ernesford Grange Community School and Alice Stevens Special School are also to benefit under the scheme, with President Kennedy School to undergo privately-funded renovations later, a spokesman said.

    BBC: Whitmore Park school rebuild plans are approved

  • Nick Bingham, chairman of Hastings Alliance, said local people did not want the unnecessary road scheme, which would a "very special place".

    BBC: Combe Haven walkers protest at Hastings and Bexhill link

  • Paulo Renato Souza, the education minister, is against them, arguing that the recent rapid expansion in school places, and his scheme to give poor non-whites special access to student loans, will help to correct inequalities.

    ECONOMIST: Affirmative action in Brazil

  • Under the second scheme, the EFSF would create a set of special-purpose vehicles financed by other investors, including sovereign-wealth funds.

    ECONOMIST: Economic crisis

  • The Penarth learning community scheme involves a new school being built which will include special education needs facilities.

    BBC: Three new schools for south Wales in ?144.8m package

  • In 1967, an International Monetary Fund meeting in Rio de Janeiro reached agreement on a scheme for the creation of a new international monetary unit, the Special Drawing Right.

    CNN: Monday,

  • The new promotional scheme involves 22 Scottish cashmere manufactures who will be allowed to use a special Cashmere - Made in Scotland logo on its products.

    BBC: Quality stamp for Scottish cashmere

  • For those people who get a special thrill out of raising their risk of a tax audit, there's a new scheme from the NISS Foundation (formerly the National Installment Sale Service) in Kitty Hawk, N.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • The scheme is backed by the government, which has earmarked it as an enterprise zone with special tax breaks.

    BBC: Automotive park to create 1,000 jobs in Wirral

  • Congress could monkey with that scheme through bankruptcy law, however, something it has done repeatedly to protect the interest of other special creditors including student lenders and landlords.

    FORBES: Bondholders, Unions In High-Stakes Battle Over State Bankruptcy

  • An evaluation published earlier this year reported that children on the scheme made 20 months' progress in just one year, whereas similarly weak readers who received no special help made just five months' progress, and so ended the year even further below the level expected for their age.

    ECONOMIST: What to do about children who don't like books

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