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This year, as a testament to his pioneering work, Harvard was able to attract two sensational recruits--Mike Bookman from Toronto, Ont., and Alex Kowell from Pacific Palisades, Calif. Bookman, now the starting setter, remembers Pankau's influence during his recruiting visit last year...
...reason colleges are curbing tuition increases is to attract those middle-income students. Rice University in Houston uses its $3 billion endowment to guarantee that tuition for sophomores, juniors and seniors will not leap ahead of the consumer price index. Another reason for restraint is concern that public outrage will prompt government intervention. Congress is already tackling the issue during two days of hearings this week, and President Clinton recently proposed a $31 billion package to make higher education more affordable. Now if only someone could do something about campus parking...
...UUNET or any other Net-service provider, their AOL dial-up muscles in and blocks access to their old ISP. Some 7 million of AOL's 21 million subscribers have upgraded to 5.0. While no one knows how many of them are afflicted, it was apparently enough to attract lawyers...
...citizens over age 13. Winners are chosen at random. Checks are sent directly to schools or loan programs. All you have to do is provide a little marketing info. This is one of a number of new sites, like iWon.com that are trying to attract eyeballs and data using giveaways. The sponsors say the site won't give out individual info but will sell demographic profiles of its users to advertisers...
...determined move to be heard, stamping its proverbial foot and demanding attention from the GOP candidates. So Bush is left still dealing with a quandary that first surfaced during January's Iowa caucus, when he found himself pushed into conservative positions on issues like abortion in order to attract right-wing votes. Of course, his burden in this regard has eased somewhat with the withdrawal of conservatives Steve Forbes and Gary Bauer (though Alan Keyes is still there to draw some votes). In this instance, though, it is a hurdle that's even more aggravating to jump when he knows...