His topic was the waste of scarce public funds in maintaining separate school systems for white and black pupils.

But that's no justification for a secretive system that gives scarce public funds to local interests outside the normal budget process.

To preserve scarce funds, some schools will leave all applicants $500 short.

They also said they worried that such a theater might siphon off scarce funds from other theaters.

Schools must decide whether more of their scarce funds should be spent to guarantee that every child reads well or to nourish the very brightest.

Such processes, which are run by government, corporations or foundations, allocate scarce funds.

However construction was delayed, in particular because of scarce funds.

So can any of these industry bodies explain why, in this age of austerity, scarce public funds should be spent to protect private profits?

There were, however, doubts that the Russians would give up their leadership role, since it was justification for continued commitment of scarce funds.

Immigration officials concede that this year's budget has scarce funds for additional enforcement.