Such subsidies would enable many homeless families to leave the hotels and shelters, leaders of the advocacy groups said.

This subsidy enabled Quintilian to devote more time to the school, since it freed him of pressing monetary concerns.

The subsidies and an aggressive marketing campaign enabled Colombia to expand its world market share to 22 percent today, from 14 percent in 1989.

A royal subsidy provided by Carlo Emanuele III of Savoy in 1750 enabled him to go to Rome.

Republicans said the subsidies would enable insurers to offer drug coverage for a monthly premium of about $35.

The situation arose because the subsidies enabled farmers to easily pump groundwater from ever-increasing depths.

Mr. Hall argued that only additional subsidies from the state would enable the M.T.A. to improve its offer.

On the other hand, subsidies to domestic producers may enable them to offer internationally competitive prices, reducing imports or raising exports.

The subsidies also enable diversity in farming and contribute to landscape conservation.

Washington contends that the subsidies the French and other European Governments pay to their farmers enable them to compete unfairly.