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Even if the measure to reduce salaries is approved, it will shave only $36,000 off the budget--barely a dent in the current Massachusetts deficit of approximately $850 million...
...earthquake that rocked San Francisco almost two years ago did $160 million worth of damage to nearby Stanford University. This week tremors of a different sort threaten to rattle the elite Palo Alto-based institution -- and dent its coffers by as much as $200 million. On Wednesday, Michigan Democrat John Dingell, chairman of a House investigative subcommittee, is to hold a daylong hearing on allegations that throughout the 1980s, Stanford routinely overcharged taxpayers for millions of dollars in research-related expenses...
...injuries, the only serious one is to the Saints' defender Ted Dent, who has a broken wrist, but "will be in there" for tonight's contest, according to Marsh...
...overwhelming support for its actions. It is a measure of White House attention to public opinion that such polls are cited in detail not only by political advisers but also by war planners like National Security Adviser Brent Scowcroft. Even high casualties might not make much of a dent. "To win this war we've got to hit 'em on the ground," says Isaac Freeman, a delivery-truck driver in Washington. "To hit 'em on the ground we're gonna have to accept that a lot of people will...
...Presidents Commission drove a dent into these practices by requiring fourth-year students to have completed at least half their degree requirements to retain their eligibility. But it did not go far enough. Next year it should force colleges to pay for their recruits' education until graduation, no matter how long it takes. Even if the athlete gets injured. Even if the athlete quits the team. And the NCAA's minimum academic standards for athletes are still too low. Raising them further would encourage high school and college athletes alike to hit the books. So long as colleges continue...