Word: benefited
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Some have claimed that Jackson's only motive in these missions is self-aggrandizement. There is a convincing case to be made for this accusation, but I am willing to give him the benefit of the doubt. I will assume that Jackson is merely interested in alleviating suffering and resolving conflicts. The harm done to our larger national goals is simply incidental. It would be a shame, then, to see Jackson retreat from his good works merely because they complicate our ability to manage consistently our international affairs. Perhaps he should just re-direct his energies to problems with less...
Walk into an investment banking office, and you will see mostly young faces. Since bankers are drawn directly from colleges, a characteristic office is made up mostly of people in their twenties. Both Abraham and Wang say their offices' social atmosphere is a benefit of their jobs...
Robert S. Clagett, program director for family financial planning in the Financial Aid Office (FAO) acknowledged that Harvard students would not necessarily benefit from the grant increase...
...added, though, that this federal action would benefit students more than past legislation, which instead increased the Stafford loan limit. If the government had increased students' Stafford loans--which are interest-free until six months after graduation--Harvard would still have decreased the need-based grants it offered...
...Months of preparation, two days of use. A reasonable cost-benefit analysis demonstrates that the intensive annual Spring re-lawning probably costs more than it is worth. Marty might agree, and so should this year's Commencement speaker, Alan Greenspan. Unless, that is, this superficial cost-benefit analysis is wrong, and the grasseous benefits do outweigh the pain-in-the-asseous costs. Giving Harvard the benefit of the doubt, there must be some intangible attributes of the grass not captured in the it's-a-pain, what's-the-point model...