The federal budget is perhaps the best indicator of the destructive path blazed by these policy deviations.

联邦预算可能是最好的指示器，指出了这些政策背离造成的破坏轨迹。

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A final column in Table 5-1 indicates the amount over or under the budget for each category. This column is an indicator of the extent of variance from the project budget;

表5-1 的最后一栏显示了每一项次预算超支或勤俭的数值，这一栏也是预算偏差的唆使器。

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