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This means that often the best players cannot afford to play at away matches. This places the team at a disadvantage when it plays teams that receive more generous aid, such as MIT ($250), Cornell ($600), and Rutgers...

Author: By Gideon Gil, | Title: Underspin and Funding Trouble Ping Pong Team | 5/5/1977 | See Source »

...helpful to know that the Wallace definition of "list" is generous. This is a list: a) one dozen eggs, b) asparagus, c) coffee, d) truffles. These, the editors say, are also lists: a) the Hammurabic Code, b) the Ten Commandments...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Help for the Listless | 5/2/1977 | See Source »

...Kahn '79, Brew serves up heapin' helpings of coffee, tea, cider, lemonade, homebaked cake, bread and music every Sunday through Thursday night. The doors to the small, well-lit room open at 8:30 p.m. and close at 11:30 p.m., time enough to down an inexpensive (30 cents), generous (9 ounce) mug of coffee, wander onto the terrace overlooking the Hilles courtyard, or borrow a Monopoly, Backgammon or Chess set from the counter for a game with friends. Different performers appear every night--a show from 9:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday, and continuous entertainment...

Author: By Harry W. Printz, | Title: FOLK | 4/21/1977 | See Source »

...wage-earner." Trilling's suggestion seems somewhat ill-considered, as it would--and she admits this--inevitably reduce the number of women at Harvard, even though it would insure that those who did go here would make full use of their education. Equal access and a more generous scholarship program seem more likely to deal with the root of the problem Trilling has identified: the middle-class socialization that keeps coming back to haunt Radcliffe's alumnae, as they continue to treat their education as a privilege of the upper class rather than as vocational training...

Author: By Gay Seidman, | Title: The Imperatives of Class | 4/11/1977 | See Source »

...Generous individuals" outside the University have paid for the students' airfare, Raymond A. Paynter, lecturer in Biology and organizer of the trip, said yesterday...

Author: By Jaleh Poorooshasb, | Title: Bird Watchers To Study in South America | 3/25/1977 | See Source »

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