Word: amounts
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...down here, too, the same way." The hearing room hushed expectantly when Wilson arrived at the Capitol to appear before a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee, for the Congress that used to bait him now knows him as Washington's saltiest character. The House's proposed 7% cut would "amount to gam bling unwisely with the security of the nation," he told the subcommittee, and if the House votes that cut this week the Senate ought to restore at least $1.2 billion of the cut to avoid "an immediate impact on our defense program." Fitting Old Shoes...
...applicant is notified of the conditions of his grant by a "tender of award" on a form prescribed by the Commissioner's office and standardized throughout the league. In his tender, the applicant is notified of the amount of aid the college will offer him and the terms on which it is given...
...administered for the whole conference by one office, and no one college is allowed to offer applicants a greater financial inducement than any other. The student is consequently free to choose a college on the basis of the "educational benefits" it offers. The college is told the maximum amount the applicant can be expected to pay, and is allowed to give him a scholarship that will pay the difference between that amount and the basic charges for tuition, fees, board, and room, but no more...
...athlete is also allowed to receive academic or honorary scholarships without jeopardizing his eligibility. But the income from such grants must be noted on the financial need statement, and is subtracted from the amount that the college is allowed to give. The only income which is not subtracted is that earned by the student for summer work, and this is supposed to be used for his personal expenses at college. He must report on his summer job, however, and a thorough investigation is made to make sure he was paid the going rate and actually worked all the hours...
...plan makes it silly for the student to work off-campus while college is in session, since any money he makes lessens the amount the college is allowed to pay him. He may, however, be required to work on-campus, according to the policy of the individual college. In fact it is possible that none of the grant to the athlete may be in cash, but might be in credit for tuition or other fees, books, or payments to public stores or boarding places on behalf of the student...