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Gloucester's men have been suffering for years as declining stocks and stringent regulations have cut down on their catches. But the fishermen who are staying in port these days are doing so because they cannot get or afford insurance for their boats and because, in most cases, they cannot sail without it. "I don't know what to do," says Favaloro, spreading huge hands scarred by a lifetime of handling nets and lines, and relating how the cost of his insurance has doubled since 1981. "Either I borrow on my house to buy insurance or I leave my boat...
Leonardo Taormina, 42, has been told that he must pay $52,000 for the same coverage he could barely afford last year at $22,000. "There's no way I can pay that and make money," he says. Because the price of fish is based on auction prices at the Boston Fish Pier, he explains, fishermen cannot simply raise their prices to pass along increased costs. Nor can Mark Godfried, 49, meet the cost of coverage for his 50-ft. Stella G. After spending more than $20,000 converting the craft from a side trawler to a more efficient stern...
...this year, a trend that may be spreading to other select colleges. "With grant money frozen and tuitions going up," says Reginald Wilson of the American Council on Education in Washington, "black students have to pay more college costs out of their own pockets. Many now just can't afford...
...estimated $16,193, Stanford this year had 17,652 applicants for 2,506 freshman openings. But there is a sharp edge to the situation, and in Levin's case it has cut close to home. On his salary of more than $60,000, Levin finds he cannot afford to send his own five children to Stanford, even with a 50% tuition discount. And like those of a lot of other middle-class parents, Levin's income is a little too high for his children to qualify for most federal or state aid programs...
Even the fanciest equipment will not afford northern skygazers the view they might have in southern latitudes. For those who want a closer look, travel agencies offer Halley's excursions to such distant sites as Arequipa, Peru; Botswana, Africa; the Amazon; and Sydney, Australia, at prices ranging from $1,400 to $29,000. Several of the tours feature star speakers: a Royal Viking Line cruise with Carl Sagan on March 26 has been sold out for six months. Other tour guides include a top NASA scientist and a physics professor from San Diego State University. "Our cruise," insists Richard Doolittle...