Word: giveaways
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...first science survey administered to all College undergraduates. The page-long online questionnaire will compile responses from all students about their summer science activities as a source of background information for the further development of the Harvard Undergraduate Summer Science Research Program. The College is using an iPod nano giveaway to encourage students to participate before the survey ends Oct. 19. The survey asks students who took part in scientific activities over the summer about the sources and amount of their funding, and whether they were provided with room and board. It also asks about the duration of the activity...
...past two years, from the G6 to the GTO, that emphasize style and higher performance. Yet the brand remains a problem for GM; it isn't cool like Toyota's Scion, prized for its reliability like Honda or renowned for its engineering like BMW. Not even Oprah's giveaway of 276 G6 sedans to her TV studio audience, which generated a trunkload of press, did much to lift sales...
...throughout the city. Fistfights erupted along the lines that quickly snaked around the complex, and people fainted from heat exhaustion, prompting officials from both agencies to evict the evacuees who had stormed in from outside facilities, and shut down the system for the day. The Red Cross resumed its giveaway the following day with less chaos, though the Houston Chronicle reported that some recipients returned later to report that their cards weren't working. FEMA meanwhile, briefly resumed distribution then abruptly decided to discontinue its debit card program altogether and told anxious hurricane victims to apply for aid through...
This scene is being replayed often throughout the Plains as a fast-growing band of land-granting imitators has taken root from La Villa, Texas, to Chugwater, Wyo., to New Richland, Minn. Dozens of towns have some version of a land giveaway, and dozens more are considering it. "The giveaways worked once, after the Civil War," says David Darling, an expert in rural affairs at Kansas State University. "They have potential to work again...
...first real success was scored by Hendrum, Minn., less than 30 miles from Fargo, N.D. Since launching its land giveaway in 1994, Hendrum has added 18 homes--not exactly a boom but the first construction in at least a decade. "It has brought a lot to our town," says John Kolness, head of the local economic-development authority. Land values are rising, he says, and Main Street is picking up. The population decline has slowed significantly, and the town still offers free land to folks who will build...