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Across the country, sales were booming as well. The National Retail Federation reported that 133 million shoppers were out this weekend, spending $22.8 billion??a total that Square businesses selling everything from books to clothing to cosmetics said they shared...
...president has often touted a dramatic increase—nearly $5 billion??in federal financial aid under his administration. But the Kerry campaign said that this rise can be attributed to more families qualifying for federal aid because of dropping family incomes under the Bush economy...
Wyss’ donation—like Batten’s and Rock’s—will be funneled into the school’s endowment fund, which already tops $1.4 billion??making it the second largest among the University’s nine schools, trailing only...
Bush’s bill passed the House by a single vote. And getting even a “$400 billion?? entitlement through the Republican Congress was a challenge. Already we know that (according to Chicago Sun-Times journalist Robert Novak) retiring Rep. Nick Smith, R-Mich., received threats because he opposes deficit spending. With the Bush-controlled House leadership’s endorsement, Novak reported, Rep. Duke Cunningham, R-Calif., and others told the disloyalist that his son—running in Michigan to succeed Smith—would lose funding from GOP loyalists...
...capital campaign builds upon the school’s existing endowment of $1.4 billion??second only to that of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. The school’s budget for the 2003 financial year was $286 billion...