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...long-term success of no-frills, down-home cooking will depend upon the public's willingness to pay relatively sophisticated prices for apparently unsophisticated specialties and upon the financial aspirations of the restaurant owners. The lessons from such professionals as Baum, Prudhomme and Abe de la Houssaye, the Cajun proprietor of New York City's excellent Texarkana, indicate that authenticity is not enough. They all quickly realized that native dishes had to be re-created in larger-than-life versions to command top dollar. Says Baum: "Above a certain price, the public wants to see evidence of skill, and dishes...
...Sandy Baum, who helped analyze the results for the College Board, attributed the rising education fees and change in financial aid trends to higher costs of health care for employees, a slow economy, new technology and for some schools, shrinking endowments...
...that while tuition here has increased, financial aid has also risen, thanks to the largest endowment in the nation at $22.6 billion. “Endowments are shrinking and loans are increasing everywhere else but not at a few schools like Harvard, Yale and Princeton,” Baum said...
Regarding the causes for the tuition hike, Donahue, like Baum, cited the rising cost of health care for employees as a main factor...
Interest in Thai massage has grown dramatically since 1992, when Apfel-baum, already a licensed massage therapist, first boarded a plane to study the art at its source. Then for several years, she spent two to three months annually in Thailand, traveling around the country to learn a variety of methods. Other American massage therapists have made similar pilgrimages. Thai massage has taken off across the U.S. over the past four years, says Mary Beth Braun, president-elect of the American Massage Therapy Association. "In our surveys, we've seen our members increasingly list it as one of their techniques...