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subsidy
Financial assistance, either through direct payments or through indirect means such as price cuts and favorable contracts, to a person or group in order to promote a public objective. Subsidies to transportation, housing, agriculture, mining, and other industries have been instituted on the grounds that their preservation or expansion is in the public interest. Subsidies to the arts, sciences, humanities, and religion also exist in many nations where the private economy is unable to support them. Subsidies may be implemented through direct payments in cash or kind, through governmental provision of goods or services at prices below the normal market price, through governmental purchase of goods or services at prices above the market price, or through tax concessions. Though subsidies exist to promote the public welfare, they result in either higher taxes or higher prices for consumer goods. They may also encourage the preservation of inefficient producers. A subsidy is desirable only if its effects increase total benefits more than total costs (see cost-benefit analysis).


sunfish
Any of numerous species of brightly colored N. Amer. carnivorous freshwater fishes placed with the crappies and black basses in the family Centrarchidae. Usually less than 8 in. (20 cm) long, sunfishes are fine food and game fishes. The best known are the black-banded sunfish (Enneacanthus chaetodon) of the E U.S. and the bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus), which has an orange belly and blue markings. The longear sunfish has orange spots and wavy, bright blue streaks. The pumpkinseed, or common sunfish, has an orange belly and a red spot on its ear. The rock bass has irregular dark markings.


surfing
Sport of riding breaking waves toward the shore, especially with a surfboard. The sport originated prehistorically in the South Seas. In 1777 and 1778 Capt. J. Cook first reported seeing surfers in Tahiti and on Oahu. In 1821 surfing was banned by missionaries who thought it immoral. It was revived in the 1920s by the famous Hawaiian swimmer Duke Kahanamoku (1890-1968). Today surfing is enjoyed on beaches with breakers throughout the world, and several international championships are held. The goal is to maneuver on the unbroken face of the wave, preferably as far back toward the curl ("tube") as possible. In addition to surfboards, surfers can use belly- and kneeboards or kayaks, or they can bodysurf using no vehicle at all.

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