Word: dependably
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While tuition fees provide on average about 55% of revenues for the nation's private colleges, they account for only 34% at the 42 privately funded black colleges. These institutions must depend on the Federal Government, which distributed about $83.4 million in 1981, and the United Negro College Fund, which this year expects to raise $28 million, vs. $25.8 million last year. The revenues are not enough. Says Clinton Marsh, president of Knoxville College in Tennessee, which has a $4 million annual budget and an endowment of only $300,000: "Our financial status is borderline. Unexpected emergencies such...
...problem. One out of five students at Harvard should expect some form of serious harassment--unwanted touching, pressure for dates or sexual activity--before they graduate, according to a recent survey. And the problem is probably more severe for staff than other segments of the Harvard community, Staff members depend on continued employment at Harvard for the bi-weekly paycheck that puts food on the table, and thus are certainly more reluctant to make complaints and speak than others at Harvard. Furthermore, as Linda Cooper, the sexual harassment officer at Clark University puts it, "Secretaries sometimes expect harassment...
...That may depend upon the actions of the Federal Reserve's Open Market Committee, which met last week to set guidelines for the Government's monetary policy. So far this year, the Fed has tried to follow a narrow course that would promote the recovery and yet prevent a new burst of inflation. After the U.S. money supply grew at an alarming 12% annual rate in the spring, the Reserve Board tightened its policy. By October, the pace of money growth slowed to less than 2%, and the Fed's tough stance kept short-term interest rates...
...Pope can still depend on the loyalty of American bishops, particularly as the time nears for the naming of new leaders for four of the largest archdioceses in the U.S.: New York and Boston, where he must name successors to the late Terence Cardinal Cooke and Humberto Cardinal Medeiros, and Los Angeles and Philadelphia, whose Cardinal Archbishops are within two years of reaching 75, the age at which they must resign. Archbishop Roach last week warned his colleagues that they must do better in conveying "the experience and insights of the church in the U.S. to the Holy Father...
...level of telephone bills after divestiture will depend on whether the user is an individual or a business, how many local and longdistance calls are made, over what distance and for how long. The entire philosophical underpinning of pricing phone services is changing, a departure much in line with the national thrust toward deregulation in many other fields. In essence, Americans are going to begin paying more and more of the full and true cost of phone services they use. At the same time, they will not pay as much for those they...