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...fund drive has been slower coming in than expected. The Faculty, which had expected to be able to draw on the endowment of $82 million worth of gifts, could only draw on $75 million when it came time to plan next year's budget. The shortfall put a damper on the happy faces around University Hall this spring because of the new tuition figure for next year of $14,140, which represents a 7.2 percent increase over the previous year's, the lowest in a decade
From a strict Roman Catholic upbringing in Hanover, N.H., where she was a studious child ("I could sense that people felt I put a damper on things"), Cunningham emerged with high ideals and fierce ambition. She graduated from Wellesley, married Howard ("Bo") Gray, a black New York City banker, and earned a degree from the Harvard Business School in 1979. After considering more than 30 job offers, she accepted one as the executive assistant to Agee at Bendix, a conglomerate based in Southfield, Mich. Cunningham moved to Michigan while her husband remained in New York. The couple later divorced...
...matter what happens Saturday, however, the seniors admit it won't put a damper on the climb the Crimson has made in the past few years. "Winning is important," Lamont says. "But a lot of teams have forgotten that it's a game...
Nobody wants to clamp the damper of crabbed age on the irreverent enthusiasms of youth, but always there comes a point. Lot's just take the omnibus cheer you mention. "Asshole, asshole, midget, sieve! and apply a little analysis...
...Damper, n.: unleavened loaf baked in the ashes, a staple of bush cooking...