Word: aid
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...this year's Board of Overseers election. In years past aspiring overseers, all of whom were approved by the University administration, filled the election packets with praise for their alma mater. This year, however, many of the candidates used election statements to take positions on such issues as financial aid, divestment and increasing the number of women in Harvard's various faculties...
...recognition of this fact, Congress has usually supported legislation beneficial to colleges and universities, such as boosting funds for student financial aid and basic scientific research...
...government also affects over one-third of Harvard students through federal financial aid programs. Additionally, federal tax and investment laws can have a large impact on the University's fundraising ability...
...Bennett has backed up word with deed. In its education budget for fiscal year 1988 the Administration called for a 45 percent reduction in student financial aid from $8.2 billion to $4.5 billion and a $5.5 billion cut from federal spending of $19.5 billion on education...
...PHENOMENON OF "GREAT BAND" reunions has plagued the music industry in past years. From three quarters of Led Zeppelin at Live-Aid to Deep Purple, Social Distortion to the Angry Samoans, the ghosts of music past have re-emerged to cash in on their fans' retroactive hero worship. Why not hit the reunion circuit? It sure beats sitting around the mansion watching the hair around your temples turn gray, or working as a garbageman, thinking of what might have been if wasn't for that heroin problem. After all, there are plenty of people willing...