Word: fixes
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...California wants to improve diversity in higher education it should fix its system of public secondary education. In the meantime, the Board of Regents should continue to heed the wise voice of the people as expressed through Prop. 209, and continue to maintain an admissions policy based solely on merit. Jenny E. Heller '01 Noah D. Oppenheim...
...fix on what your total income is likely to be, start by calculating what you'll receive from Social Security, private pensions and any other sources, such as alimony. The current maximum benefit from Social Security is $16,476 a year, and the age at which you can receive that money is increasing. Beginning next year, the minimum age for full benefits will start its jump from 65 to 66. Beginning in 2003, the age at which full benefits are payable will gradually increase to 67. You can start tapping into your account as early as age 62, but that...
...stand at the deli counter, ordering a roast beef on rye with lettuce from a knockout waitress who looks as if she comes from India. She slices the roast beef and reaches for the lettuce. My arm brushes against her wrist. We fix each other in a longing gaze. The lights in the deli go out, and then, in the sweaty summer evening, with the red neon pastrami sign flashing in the window, we roll around on the checkered linoleum among the containers of cole slaw and potato salad with chives. In the morning we run off together...
...Nobody is saying only volunteers can fix the problem. There needs to be public investment. Almost in all of these programs, we can supply the people," he said...
...undergraduates deserve careful attention. The Economics Department, for example, ranked 35th out of 38 concentrations on the 1998 senior survey. But Head Tutor and Associate Professor Christopher L. Foote says, "We have no plans to rework the system." If even one department holds on to this kind of "why fix what's broken?" philosophy, the College must step...