Despite financial pressure, the agency should resist maximizing short-term revenue simply by selling the site to the highest bidder.

"It was a drive to generate short-term revenue for the government."

Legislators, however, are always unwilling to sacrifice any short-term revenue.

Among the others proposals is one to sell the state's highways and the lottery system, which many feel would generate only short-term revenues.

He said that "fewer than anticipated contract signings" reduced earnings, but that he was "optimistic" about short-term revenues.

Perhaps more than the short-term revenues to be earned, Silicon Graphics will gain a toehold in the emerging Japanese market for multimedia.

In the Colombian economy, Gold is the most important metal in terms of short-term revenues.

Suriname chose the long-term economic value of forests over short-term revenues from logging and other resource-depleting activities.

Mr. Goldman said Maxwell House had also tried to increase short-term revenues by buying cheaper coffee beans.

He came to agreements with foreign companies that brought short-term revenue to his government but were detrimental to his people.