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While many students complained of the loudmusic during the crunch studying time, severalsaid the food and games were a welcome break tothe monotony of writing papers and studying...
...that he unveiled in his first term have become rusted and potholed monuments to governmental incompetence. The reputation for corruption that many bureaucrats, businessmen, bankers, judges and journalists acquired back in the '70s and '80s now feeds cynicism and alienation in those sectors of society that are feeling the crunch of austerity. No longer able to afford expensive alternatives, the middle class has had to reacquaint itself with the inadequacies of public health and education...
There is, in fact, no need for a crystal ball to envision the university of the 21st century. Bit by logical bit, it is taking shape already on dozens of U.S. campuses as administrators begin to rethink their goals in light of a cost crunch that, recession or no, promises only to grow worse. From Kansas' Sterling College to Ohio's Youngstown State, from the huge State University of New York system (total enrollment: more than 369,000 on 23 campuses) to tiny Alaska Pacific University in Anchorage (639 students), officials are deciding not only how to do the same...
...thought that we were going to win the [Penn] game but when it came to the crunch, they made the plays that mattered," Jones said...
...probably becoming scarce as far back as September 1990, when the Reichmanns announced they were trying to sell a 20% stake in their U.S. real estate portfolio. No deal was ever struck, suggesting that things would probably get worse before they got better. Last month fears of a cash crunch were confirmed when the value of some commercial paper and bonds backed by O&Y were suddenly downgraded by Toronto's Dominion Bond Rating Service. To calm edgy investors, O&Y said it would pay off a short-term bond within 10 days...