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...term-paper factories"; the Chronicle reported that five schools (Boston College, Harvard, M.I.T., the University of Massachusetts and Northeastern University) took no action at all against the students involved. Last week the paper printed a thorough compendium of faculty salaries at more than 1,500 colleges and universities-a boon to potential job seekers in the current rush for fall openings...
...extra charge. Now businesses are making the cash customer pay for the convenience they're providing someone else." While C.U.'s suit has a certain logic, the prospect of bargain-conscious buyers shelving their credit cards in favor of wallets filled with cash could be a boon to an unintended group: muggers...
...Abortion a Boon...
...Your arrogant article that would have us believe abortion to be a modern boon to man is most reprehensible...
When it became a regulation in 1949, the Federal Communications Commission's fairness doctrine was considered a boon for electronic journalism. Now, in an important test case pending before the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington, the National Broadcasting Co. claims that the FCC'S current interpretation of the rule will throttle investigative reporting...