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...gregarious as the present. The number of conventioneers has grown steadily over the past decade. This year 26 million citizens gathered in solemn or profane conclave and there spent an estimated $15 billion. That is double the amount they spent ten years ago, and twice as much as Americans allot for amusements and spectator sports. There are some 28,000 trade, professional and other voluntary associations in the U.S., and by year's end they will have met nearly 250,000 times. The rage to meet has helped pack the nation's 37,410 hotels and motels to more than...
...hell, and we're not going to take it anymore," a megaphone outside Matthews screamed across the Yard two years ago, protesting the assignment of 150 unwilling freshmen to South House. And, not surprisingly the administration reacted to the dissatisfaction in a material way, deciding to allot a few more dollars of the budget to enchance the appeal of the six dorms that surround the Radcliffe Quadrangle. $435,000 of that money went to finance a new dining hall in Cabot Hall, begun in August 1977 and originally scheduled for completion last January...
Carter and Secretary of State Cyrus Vance, who were already considering an increased Israeli allotment as a "sweetener," apparently took the cue. On Tuesday Vance offered to allot 20 more F-15s (worth $16 million each) to Israel, in exchange for approval of the Saudi deal. This moved New York Senator Jacob Javits, a key Jewish spokesman, to remark, "I believe we're on a road which could lead to a settlement." Senate Minority Leader Howard Baker and Illinois Republican Charles Percy switched to Carter's side. The same day, Vance and Defense Secretary Harold Brown iterated...
Under the regulations the state would allot an average of eight cents for every dollar of financial aid a university gives to Massachusetts students. True said...
...Once you allot news space in the Times according to the category of advertising that surrounds it, a distention sets in. In the new sections are a number of useful things, including good theater criticism (Walter Kerr), tart restaurant judgments (Mimi Sheraton) and personal health advice (Jane E. Brody). But assorted critics and writers who also appear Sundays turn up again during the week with nothing special to say, and their words do run on. Enough in the sections demands attention, however, and the poor old conscientious reader has more to get through...