“Thus, the chiefs had a vested interest in this process of appropriation of land from commoners.”

“The illegal appropriation of funds was the means to obtain support and connivance for retaining political control.”

“Funding difficulties have arisen from the fact that each of the three programs obligates a given fiscal year's appropriation to cover a different year of operations.”

“The appropriations bill passed the House this week, but has yet to reach the Senate floor.”

“Do we have congressional support of an appropriations bill to crack down on illegal cockfighting and dogfighting.”

“And appropriators will appropriate, particularly if you have a president who keeps driving that appropriations train.”