Word: failed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...decadence. It is fun to see the fancy balls, elaborate spas, mansions and frills that are all part of the scene. Mikhalkov's characters move about in this effusively elegant world with a naturalness which most films about the turn-of-the-century fail to capture. But with its shift from one setting to another, the film almost has the feel of a pictorial travelogue...
...soaring numbers of students who fail to repay their loans has shocked congressmen and sent Administration and college officials running to find a solution. The government's annual payment on defaulted loans will jump 10-fold from $209 million in 1978 to $2 billion by the end of the decade...
Under the Bennett plan, schools at which more than 20 percent of those students with GSLs fail to repay their debts will lose access to all federal financial aid programs, including Pell grants and College Work-Study. The plan, which does not need Congressional approval, will impose its first cuts in 1989, the Secretary said...
Sophomores in particular--even those whoreceived their first choice house--say the housessometimes fail to be sufficiently welcoming. Eventhough most houses hold sophomore dinners andother welcoming events, many of the sophomoresinterviewed responded that they knew few residentsof their house and even fewer tutors. "We don'tknow anybody," says Eunny P. Lee '90 of QuincyHouse. "It's hard to meet people because they tendto stay with people they know...
Honduran President Jose Azcona Hoyo's visit to Washington last week received especially close scrutiny. Of the accord's five signatories, Azcona is most mindful of the Reagan Administration's reservations about the plan. Two weeks ago, Azcona hinted strongly that if the Sandinistas fail to comply with all the requirements of the peace plan by the Nov. 5 cease-fire, he would no longer feel bound to abide by the accord. Last week, however, he encouraged President Reagan to withhold further military aid to the contras at least until January, when the five Presidents will evaluate the plan...