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...other business, the council voted 62-2 toappropriate $4,500 to defray the $14,958 cost forthe annual first-year formal. The formal, to beheld on February 26 in the Boston Park PlazaHotel, Will cost first-years $14 per ticket...
Arguing against a $500 grant to the HarvardOutdoor Program to help defray the costs of a skitrip for Harvard students and underprivilegedchildren, Reyes said that factors the councilconsidered in deciding grants should not include"warm fuzzies and good feelings...
...utility is more enthusiastic about letting the sun shine in than SMUD, which is putting solar cells on 100 residential roofs a year as part of a five-year pilot project. Homeowners pay nothing for the installation but see a 15% surcharge on their monthly bills to help defray the cost. Even so, the chance to become a solar citizen has enticed more volunteers than SMUD can accommodate. Encouraged by the response, the utility has ordered 100,000 more solar panels, enough to generate electricity for 2,400 homes, and is purchasing land for a 100-MW solar furnace that...
...outlined in documents on file with the state attorney general's office, HSA's primary mission is to provide practical business experience for Harvard students "who are in need of financial assistance to defray the expenses of their education...
...White House has yet to target such scams to lower the cost of national health. Perhaps it should. According to the National Health Care Anti-Fraud Association, bogus claims account for between 3% and 10% of the nation's $900 billion health bill. A crackdown on fraud could help defray the tab on Clinton's health-care proposal, which he previewed last week in a speech in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Broad on themes and thin on details, the plan aims to provide adequate coverage to all Americans, including the 37 million ) currently uninsured, by generating savings within the country's unwieldy...