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...projects presumably won’t be including in their glossy re-election campaign brochures is that Congress also approved an adjustment to the chronically under-funded Pell Grant program, the principal means by which American students receive need-based government grants to attend college. Eligibility for the awards is determined in part by an examination of state tax information, but lawmakers chose to use tax tables that were out of date, clearing the way for some 84,000 students with annual incomes between $30,000 and $45,000 to be removed from the program. At the same time, Congress...
Clifton Dawson may not have gained a yard in over a month and a half, but his 2004 season still seems to get better with every passing week. The first team All-Ivy member and Payton Award finalist added another credential to his growing resume on Friday—first team All-American...
...company relaunched Kofola. This year, Czech retail sales of Kofola surpassed Pepsi and challenged Coke, which leads the market with a 25% share; in neighboring Slovakia, Kofola is already No. 1. What's its secret? Price, for one: Kofola is 25% cheaper. But Kofola also knows its audience: its award-winning marketing appeals to both communist nostalgia and youthful rebelliousness. "In the postrevolutionary years, people wanted everything new," says Bretislav Kolácek, Kofola's brand manager. "Today, people are returning to the familiar." Next year, Kofola's producer starts bottling its fruit drinks in Poland; it already distributes there...
...HONORED. VIJAY SINGH, 41, Fijian golfer; as PGA Player of the Year, ending Tiger Woods' five-year grip on the award; in New York City. Singh, who also took the Arnold Palmer Award for winning the most prize money (more than $10 million), racked up nine PGA victories and 18 top-10 finishes for the year. He is the first non-U.S. golfer to be named Player of the Year since Australia's Greg Norman...
...changing. Technological advances have made editing easier and large-scale gallery projection possible, and artists have stepped forward with work of indisputable power. In fact, film and video art feature in every submission short-listed for this year's Turner Prize, the British art world's most prestigious award, presented last week (the works are on exhibit at Tate Britain in London until Dec. 23). And a show at Tate Modern on London's South Bank, "Time Zones: Recent Film and Video" (through Jan. 2.), draws from the best international artists, all exploring the concept of time...