Word: generous
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Basically, the student loan program used to be rather inefficient. The federal government would guarantee student loans made by banks, who enjoyed a generous subsidy and often ignored defaults because they were insured by Uncle Sam. Also, this system generated a great amount of paperwork for colleges and students...
People who know Cozza well say that coming from him, it was an unusually generous offer. They even said I would have to bring my own container. But he never gave me the champagne...
...King Hussein of Jordan and President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt, the two countries that have signed peace treaties with Israel, delivered eulogies. Government ministers from Morocco and the Persian Gulf emirates of Oman and Qatar attended too, even though these Arab states have no diplomatic relations with Israel. The generous sprinkling of red-checkered kaffiyehs and flowing Arab robes among the black mourning wear of Jews gave Israelis watching the funeral on TV visual proof of how far Rabin had progressed in ending Israel's isolation from its neighbors...
...water stay way above--maybe in a yacht--while those who are not, either drown, or if they can, save themselves, by themselves. Not all, or anything close to it, is lost, but America should not lose sight of itself. It must design more life preservers and be more generous in doling them...
...program have no less a "success rate" than the student body at large, even if you cynically consider that Harvard's goal may not be to produce individuals "to serve thy nation and thy kind" but individuals who give large contributions to the institution. PBHA has its share of generous alumni...