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...returns also reveal a small salary hike for University Provost Steven E. Hyman, who served in the same position under Summers, compared to his raise last year. One of the three oft-mentioned internal candidates for the presidency at the time, Hyman was asked to stay on as Faust’s deputy in 2007—and received a 19 percent boost in total compensation, from $479,819 to $570,265, the next year in today’s dollars...
Still Walking Tall. Country Walkers is celebrating 30 years in business with a 30-for-30 offer. The outfit is taking $300 off the price of 30 different tours, including a nine-day hike through Ecuador's Andean Highlands along the Hacienda Trail ($3,598 per person); a seven-day gastronomic tour of medieval towns along the Italian Riviera ($3,648 per person); or a 10-day expedition through terraced fields, valleys and forests with views of the snow-capped Himalayas in Bhutan ($4,998 per person...
...National Park is 100 years old this summer. The desert park with red rock mesas is known for its canyons, the most famous of which is the Narrows, a slot canyon - it's not for the claustrophobic. Splashing along the river through the Narrows makes for a pretty cool hike. Stay in the park overnight and enjoy it after all the day-trippers have gone, at the Zion Lodge, where rates start at $159 per night. If you prefer more luxury, stay 45 minutes away at the Red Mountain Resort & Spa, which is currently offering a three-night Zion National...
...adequately compensated. When you go to buy new things, they can charge you 30% a year if they want to. The thing they wouldn't be allowed to do under the new law is to go back and change the terms of your original agreement - that is, hike your interest rate on existing balances - except in very few situations, such as your egregiously failing to pay your bill (for 60 days or more, in the version of the bill before the Senate...
...going to be very windy out in California,” Stokes said. “We need to hike hard out there and try to make it through two tough days of sailing. We have gotten a lot better at sailing in breeze this season, and hopefully we will be able to perform well in San Francisco...