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...little public money the way of independent schools as one-off grants for new labs and libraries; in the 1970s Latham's mentor, Gough Whitlam, courting the Catholic vote, introduced recurrent funding to independent schools based on need. Without fanfare, the Howard government since 1996 has become an increasingly generous backer of private education, with a funding formula that pivots on the socioeconomic status of the students' district of residence and takes no account of a school's facilities or fees. Still, when funding from all levels of government is tallied, private school students drain between...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Upper Class Dismissed | 10/7/2004 | See Source »

...real Nobel prize gives you money and funding to come here, but this honor doesn’t give you anything,” Inoue said through a translator. He said his travel was being funded by some generous friends and associates...

Author: By Nathan J. Heller, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Ig Nobel Awards Take Sanders | 10/1/2004 | See Source »

...important to keep bias and sensationalism separate. Media bias is as old as the printing press, and it’s not going away. Sensationalism, however, has only as much staying power as we media consumers give it. Recently, we’ve been a bit too generous. When media outlets differentiate themselves by bending the truth and overstating the facts, it’s tough to know what’s left to trust. It’s also tough to blame them for their excesses. The consumer confidence problem plaguing American media—the problem that...

Author: By Alex Slack, | Title: What's Left (or Right) To Trust? | 10/1/2004 | See Source »

...Brien, in a press statement, said: “I am thrilled to get this opportunity…and I am particularly grateful to Jay for all the generous support and kindness he has always shown...

Author: By Annie M. Lowrey, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Conan Lands Leno’s 'Tonight' | 9/30/2004 | See Source »

...half the voters or, at least, five out of nine Supreme Court Justices. That rankles our American souls. We should be satisfied! We should be catered to! We specifically asked for the vinaigrette on the side! And so the losers grow more aggrieved in defeat and the winners less generous in victory. What is it, after all, that most aggravates Democrats about President Bush? That he campaigned as a centrist but led from the right; he lost the popular vote but governed as though he had won in a landslide. And why shouldn't he? In iPod America, every citizen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Age of iPod Politics | 9/27/2004 | See Source »

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