Word: benefit
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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When the City Council returns from its summer recess, the campaigns will get another boost. The Monday night gatherings bring local politicos together to warm the benches in Sullivan Chamber. Whether in or out of office, they frequently offer their opinions for the benefit of the coucilors and the new cable television cameras...
...course, many Crimson teams will benefit from the contributions of non-recruits and walk-ons--not to mention from the two sport athletes recruited for other squads...
...committee turned down a more radical proposal--calling for wider playing arenas--because Harvard's field could not be widened without destroying football's new temple. The alternative: keeping fields narrow, but legalizing the forward pass for the benefit of struggling offenses...
...major sports to benefit from the recent boom is women's basketball. A program that had struggled with sub-500 records since its inception, the women cagers rebounded for two consecutive winning seasons and a share of an Ivy title...
THIS FIGURE--about $6 billion in total defaulted loans--drives home the reluctance to repay federal financial aid by the very students who most forcefully speak of the government's obligation to provide it. The public does benefit from the dollars it lays out in return for a better educated populace...