Word: aid
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...officials, who asked not to be identified, said the Carter administration, in anticipation of Amin's downfall, began consultation with Congress 10 days ago on lifting restrictions on U.S. economic aid to Uganda...
Money from the drive goes either directly to meet College operating costs or into the University's endowment for undergraduate financial aid...
Money from the capital drive will bolster the University's $1.4 billion endowment, helping to pay for faculty salaries, undergraduate financial aid, building renovations and the transition to the Core Curriculum...
Unfortunately, the solutions Galbraith generates from his new theory are not as convincing as his critique of old theories. He argues the only way to break the "equilibrium of poverty" accommodation produces is to aid those few people who are the least placid about their poverty, the least willing to accommodate. Facilitating escape from poverty is just as crucial to Galbraith as breaking accommodation. Education is the best way to show people alternatives to their miserable lives, and it also gives them tools needed when they manage to escape poverty. But without a means to escape, the desire...
...University late last week won a $1.25-million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to aid in the development of the Core Curriculum...