Word: debts
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...some of these competitive practices. Students' tuition is frozen at freshman-year levels, even as incoming classes pay more. And students from the Carolinas receive grants in lieu of loans in their financial aid packages. This last factor was important in my own decision to attend Duke, and being debt-free has expanded my later options. JEFFREY W. VANKE, GSAS...
Stanford officials say the changes are expected to mean much less loan debt for the average middle-class student...
...President has bragged, this year's budget is deficit-free. But the accounting underlying this result is less than sound. Although the deficit has been eradicated, the federal debt will increase, at least until 2003. This means the cumulative disparity between the government's revenue and spending will continue to grow while the President boasts of paying America's outstanding bills...
...policy will eliminate all loans when student's families make less than $40,000 a year--absorbing what had been $4,080 in debt into an increased grant package in some cases...
...realm of foreign policy, the President rightly criticized Congress for our long-standing debt to the United Nations. As a world leader, the United States should be setting an example. Our refusal to pay our debts to the UN is an international disgrace. The UN is certainly far from perfect, but we should not be held hostage by a handful of right-wing extremists who believe we should have no part in the organization...