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...inside. Last fall the Pentagon inspector general found the academies wasting millions of dollars annually employing nearly 400 military personnel whose jobs should have been eliminated or filled by less costly civilians. But West Point's superintendent, Lieut. General Howard Graves, has refused to surrender his $37,000-a-year sergeant-chauffeur, even though he has three other enlisted aides. "This position is essential to the mission of the U.S. Military Academy," Graves told the bemused auditors. His three other personal aides, he added, "cannot be stewards and drivers at the same time...
...class and upper- income Americans? At what income should any benefit cuts begin -- $40,000? $50,000? $100,000? Is it equitable for Washington to take tax dollars from 20- year-olds earning the minimum wage and redistribute some of the money up the economic ladder to $100,000-a-year pensioners collecting Social Security? And will the Clinton Administration risk offending potent constituencies like ! the elderly in the quest to reform government benefit programs...
...senior aides: Howard Paster, the President's chief congressional lobbyist, and Roy Neel, the deputy chief of staff. Both men said they were leaving because of the relentless pace of work in the Clinton White House. Paster has not disclosed his plans; Neel is reportedly considering a $500,000-a-year post with a telephone trade association...
Students are also worried about the tuition. Last spring, Yale became the first college in America to break the $25,000-a-year barrier. Tuition, room and board now set a Yale family back $25,110, and there have been media reports that such high costs could drive away potential applicants. Admissions are themselves a campus issue. The Yale Daily Herald reported last month that fewer high school seniors have applied over the last four years, a greater percentage have been admitted and a lower percentage have matriculated...
...about alimony. Packwood claimed that he was virtually broke and proposed monthly payments of $500. Georgie demanded $4,000. Eventually the court settled on $2,500, based in part on a calculation of Georgie's earning ability. At the time, she was running Plain 'n Fancy, a $12,000-a-year antiques business based in her Washington home...