The subsidy encouraged the movement of grain east and west to export shipping terminals.

Many Democrats fear that the subsidies, when combined with a series of tax proposals, will in fact encourage employers to stop insuring their workers.

Studies have shown that the subsidy encourages consumers to buy more and bigger cars than they would choose otherwise.

In 1990, the British Government decided to provide subsidies to encourage private companies to build tire-burning power plants.

But there is little dispute that federal subsidies are encouraging the insurance industry to recruit members for the plans.

Mr. Kerry would also provide subsidies to encourage more employers to offer coverage.

But would this new public subsidy encourage more single-parent homes?

Those accounts would provide subsidies to encourage savings by those who will need the money the most.

Such subsidies encourage sellers to offer more fresh produce at locations that previously did not carry them.

These subsidies along with high oil and whalebone prices encouraged expansion.