The Times's Greg Winter reported recently that the federal government aggravated the problem by giving a disproportionately large share of federal aid to rich private colleges and tossing scraps to public colleges, which enroll about 80 percent of the nation's college students.

Selassie sat in his palace, increasingly isolated, tossing scraps of meat to his beloved dogs.

When Paleolithic hunters tossed scraps of meat to some curious wolves, they didn't have a Doberman or a shar-pei in mind.

Hanging over the pier's metal rail, onlookers watched in semihorrified fascination as a deckhand filleted a blackfish and tossed scraps overboard to be snatched up by waiting gulls.

In the distance, a figure in a dark heavy jacket was feeding the seagulls, tossing scraps of bread into the air.

Half the time railing at his fallen-off acolytes, the other half contemptuously tossing me scraps of paranatural truth.

Suicide took this moment to toss several scraps to the dogs.

In the restaurant district, cooks bang on their pots and pans and toss scraps of meat into the air.

She soon started bringing a bag of food to the corner, sometimes tossing scraps to stray animals she encountered on the street on her milelong walk to the day-care center.

In all the time before that, he paid heed to him only once, visiting the kennels to greet his favorite dogs, tossing them scraps of dried meat to fight over.