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...while the guideline does include a time limitation, it does not limit the amount of money a professor can earn in addition to his salary. At a time when the average professor's salary places him squarely in the middle class, especially with the Boston area's high cost of living, many professors engage in academic moonlighting to pad their University income. Rosovsky explained that "faculty members are under very severe financial strain," and added that consulting "permits some people to earn outside income...
...mirrors when one would do? Because it is far easier to cast, grind and mount several small mirrors than one huge one. At $8 million, MMT's cost was a fourth of a comparable conventional telescope's price...
...steady tightening of money by the Federal Reserve Board, substantially increases the risk of a credit crunch and a deeper economic downturn next year than most experts were forecasting a few months ago. The hike is certain to pull up other rates and dampen spending by boosting the cost of corporate loans and, eventually, of consumer borrowing...
...room full of people reflectively sipping wine in what is described as a blind taste test. Somebody calls out that a Taylor California wine has been "judged best," and the announcer purrs: "Taylor California Cellars. Judged better than C.K. Mondavi. Better than Almaden. Better than Inglenook. But when you cost a little more you better be better." And when you come on with such head-to-head comparison promotions in the usually decorous world of wine selling you had better be prepared for lots of flack, not only from competitors but also from the Government. That is what Coca-Cola...
Cosmetic surgery does not come cheap. A facelift costs upwards of $1,500 (Betty Ford's fee was about $3,200), eyelid surgery runs around $1,500. The cost is generally not covered by medical insurance (though it is tax deductible). Then too some risk is involved; some faces are changed for the worse. Warns Dr. Peter McKinney, a Chicago plastic surgeon: "If you buy a bum toaster, you can take it back. You can't take your face back...