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...from 61% to 53%. The increase in home prices has far outpaced the ability of young people to save the necessary down payment. A prime reason is the price of rents, which have risen even faster than home prices in many cities. Now interest rates are rising as a barrier once again. The average 30-year mortgage rate climbed to 10.56% last week, vs. 9.84% a year ago, as the Federal Reserve tightened up credit in response to renewed signs of inflation...
MacDonald's second point at the 'Pot--an assist on a C.J. Young goal 28 seconds into the second period--was his 200th career point, making him only the second Harvard hockey player to break that barrier. Scott Fusco '85-86 netted 240 points to be the school's career leading scorer...
...biggest obstacle could be the psychological barrier to living away from the sun and sky. Critics see the potential for mass claustrophobia. For that reason, planners foresee few underground housing projects, at least initially. The idea is to move offices and stores beneath the surface to free up the land above for residential building. People would become vertical commuters, going down a huge elevator shaft to work...
Laura I. Gerald '90, one of the seminar leaders, cited "a language barrier" as a primary factor in the failure of government AIDS information to reach Blacks. "[AIDS pamphlets] don't come out in the vernacular. But those are the kinds of words we need if we want people to understand," she said...
...Japan's first-ever English-language M.B.A. program. More than 40 other institutions, including Texas A & M and M.I.T., are negotiating similar deals. "The Japanese lack preparedness for globalization," says Chikara Higashi, president of Temple University Japan. "These institutions are an ideal means for them to overcome the language barrier and other obstacles...