Word: deposit
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...When she was accepted, she felt so relieved and happy that she immediately sent in her $400 deposit. "Senior year is so hectic," says Bergen. "I don't have the extra stress of writing essays and filling out applications." She doesn't think she'll change her mind in the 12 months until she starts college. "Right now, I am pretty sure that Emory & Henry...
...Even those who support early admissions grapple with the issue of financial equity. Many schools insist on binding admissions, which means that that those who apply early must commit to attending that school and pay a deposit. That means the student cannot compare that school's financial aid package to those offered by others...
...largest mounds hold upward of a million insects working in blind harmony. Mounds can reach 7 m high and 12 m around the base, and may have taken a century or more of painstaking construction. The termites mix a drop of saliva with soil, plant matter and excrement and deposit it like a tiny brick; somehow, in the darkness, each knows where to place its contribution to form the maze of tunnels and chambers that harden like concrete...
...says her broker, Rob Rose, adding that hundreds of similar properties are for sale, with similar gimmicks--from free Caribbean cruises to gym memberships (personal trainer included). Schiller is nervous. She's renting out another property at a loss, while trying to sell that one too, and has a deposit down on a second town house under construction. "They keep telling me 1,000 people a day move to Florida," she says. "I don't know where they're going. They're not buying...
...frostiness escape.Waiting is the name of the game in Tanzania. It’s tempting to say this is a petty torture civil servants know they can inflict on you with impunity, except that the waiting game happens in the private sector, too. If you want to make a deposit into your bank account, you’d better block off 45 minutes to wait in queue.Mama Gideon eventually honours me with her attention. My voice is soft, I sound apologetic. A fellow Sayansi permit-holder, Dr. Jane Goodall, has something to say about this submissive behavior in primates...