Word: budgeting
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DIED. ERNEST GOLD, 77, Vienna-born Oscar-winning composer who wrote scores for It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World and Exodus, among other films; of a stroke; in Santa Monica, Calif. Gold broke into Hollywood in the mid-1940s, writing music for low-budget movies for Columbia Pictures...
RESTAURANTS: The ubiquitous "Pret a Manger" sandwich, pastry and coffee shops are the mainstay of budget Londoners. The bread is always fresh, and the combinations of food are creative, including salmon and chive sandwiches and small, boxed desserts. The best pastries in town are at DeBaer's, a Belgian patisserie on tiny William Street just off the busy Knightsbridge shopping street, where the almond croissants are tastier than in Brussels or Paris. No one should visit London without taking part at least once in the afternoon tea ritual, practiced by tourists and natives alike. Harrod's is great...
Harvard undergraduates contribute very little to the student government in monetary terms. The term bill fee has remained stagnant since 1983, and the council's total budget pales beside that of other schools. Of course, many students probably wonder why they should reward the council given its poor reputation. We should remember, however, that even despite Springfest disappointments and nauseatingly inane bickering, the council has managed to do something right in the past years-fund student groups...
...endorse the fee increase without a caveat. Though a larger budget will help student groups on campus, the council itself can regain legitimacy only by reducing its size-and fast. Having fewer representatives would increase competition in House elections and thereby increase the council's credibility...
...Institute. Almost 140,000 domestic oil wells have been abandoned in little over a year, principally in Texas, Oklahoma, Colorado and Louisiana, forcing U.S. daily production down by 360,000 bbl. a day. In Alaska, which depends on tax revenues from oil, the state is forecasting a $1 billion budget gap, equal to about half the money it needs to pay for the day-to-day running of government...