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...that people in the Square don’t know how to dress themselves. But have you ever really given them a chance? Have you ever stopped a poorly dressed Cantabrigian on the street and taken the time to hear the story behind her pitifully standard polo? FM is generous. We gave the benefit of the doubt and reaped plenty of style—even if most of it was purchased at Jasmine Sola...
...discrepancies baffle Fornero because the median family income in the integrated city is $71,293 and the district spends a generous $9,234 on each pupil. Furthermore, the vast majority of students come from homes in which at least one parent is college educated. "How do I market the district to African-American parents with these numbers?" he says of the black students' performance. "We can't have one set of facts we put on billboards in front of the schools and another set we don't talk about...
...also facing renewed Kremlin control of oil-and-gas production. After a period of privatization and deregulation in the 1990s, the pendulum has swung the other way. That doesn't mean the central government wants to nationalize all energy assets, but it has put an end to generous tax breaks and has introduced other limitations on the private sector, particularly foreign companies. Under the terms of the Conoco deal, for example, the American company can raise its stake in Lukoil - but only to a ceiling of 20%, less than the 25% it needs to be able to block strategic company...
...don’t they also pass a resolution asking Santa Claus to be more generous to all the children?” Slavitt scoffed...
...encouraged that under University President Lawrence H. Summers, Harvard has stepped up its efforts to increase enrollment of low-income students. From a more generous financial aid policy, eliminating parental contribution for families with annual incomes of less than $40,000 and reducing it for families with annual incomes of less than $60,000, to increased recruiting efforts directed at schools in lower-income neighborhoods, Harvard has made important strides to encourage the best and brightest low-income students to apply. The increased number of early applicants who requested to waive application fees suggests that those efforts are beginning...