Anchor: The incentive to capture funding for the program was greater than the incentive to wait, capture knowledge, and reduce the risk of moving forward.
Entailed: The rewards of capturing funding for the program were larger than the rewards of waiting.  
Contradiction: The rewards of waiting far outweighed the rewards of capturing funding.  
Contradiction: Gold and silver are not a good buy here because they add on a lot of extra cost for the work.
Contradiction: Purging his administration on the regular is something an old party boss, like Yeltsin, would do.
Contradiction: There is reason to rule it out so quickly.
Contradiction: Men are kayaking in rough water.