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...helpless, hopeless, freakish. However, the flip side of that is having this illness has really forced me to become extremely responsible. It also really forces me to be very, very conscious of other people. It may have given me, not some super-special empathy, but a certain amount of empathy. It isn't hard for me to imagine other people in trouble. I'm not real judgmental because of it, I think. And like any big challenge in a life, it strengthens you. I think I've gotten a little toughened up because...
...Princeton. Consequently, Princeton and Harvard, as two of the few need-blind institutions, no longer have many students graduating with large debts. However, student loans are the only form of financial aid available for hundreds of other American colleges, where students continue to graduate with an exorbitant amount of debt. In fact, between 1997 and 2002, the average undergraduate debt rose from $11,400 to $18,900. Since then, the amount of debt which students graduate with has continued to rise, significantly faster than the rate of inflation. For a student graduating with more than $20,000 of debt...
...example, has been working towards this goal by awarding scholarships to over 2,000 students who plan to pursue graduate studies in public service. Since the scholarship’s inception in 1977, it has granted over $40 million to Truman Scholars. Yet, there is a limit to the amount of grants that can be given all in all. Harvard has already increased financial aid resources tremendously and most universities are in no position to follow suit. As a result, a system of loans would enable universities to help more students than the select few who receive scholarships and fellowships...
...million Amount paid in taxes by Italian fashion designer Giorgio Armani, who filed one of the largest tax returns that year...
...such as Costa Rican President Oscar Arias, appeared to side with the leftists leaders, with whom he is normally at odds, in criticizing the values and priorities of the United States. Arias criticized the United States's offer of $1 billion in food aid as insufficient compared to the amount it spends on war in Iraq. "Their actions are wrong because their values are wrong," Arias said...