The President's sweep carried to California, where Mr. Dole, in an enormous gamble, diverted millions of dollars from other states and stumped doggedly in the final weeks of the campaign.

That has spurred advertisers seeking to reach the younger audience to divert dollars to CBS and ABC, which improved its ratings significantly in the 2004-5 season.

Officials at Sierra College, a public school, said they were accountable to taxpayers and could not divert public dollars to meet the 49ers' needs.

That sets up another gamble for CBS, that agencies will not divert dollars from CBS to other broadcast networks - or to cable networks or nationally syndicated programs.

But the politically potent casino industry has opposed the terminals, fearing they would divert dollars from Atlantic City.

The difference perhaps is the extent to which technology has aided the ability of immigrants today to divert precious dollars to various causes back home.

Opinion polls show strong popular support for diverting military dollars to domestic programs.

The presence of a casino near a race track might divert gambling dollars from the track, but could cause an influx of gamblers into the area.

But now Mr. Kuhn is home and managing just fine, thanks to a pilot program in Warren County that diverts institutional dollars to home care.

Some companies, of course, are hoping for sweeping changes that would divert dollars from traditional programs into high-technology systems, like space-based lasers, unmanned submarines and digital battlefield communications equipment.