Word: hikes
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...region may prove to be the resurgence of the Philippines after the revolutionary triumph of President Corazon Aquino. Bernardo Villegas, senior vice president of the Center for Research and Communication in Manila, forecast that Philippine growth would jump from zero this year to 6% in 1987. That dramatic hike, he said, would be symbolic of Asians' "uncanny ability to roll with the punches...
...Hotel and Restaurant Workers union Local 26 on Thursday agreed to a final contract which includes a 14 percent pay hike over three years for Harvard's 550 food service workers, and concessions from the University on the hotly debated question of subcontracting its dining halls, union representatives said...
When the legal age was 20, almost every junior and senior, and even some sophomores were of drinking age. But after the age hike, nearly three-quarters of the College population was suddenly underage...
...Faculty of Arts and Sciences will spend $168 million in 1986-87, a 7.3 percent increase over last year's budget and a 3 percent hike above the expected inflation rate, University administrators said yesterday...
...Faculty funded an extra $1 million of graduate student aid and compensated for next year's 6.9 percent hike in undergraduate fees by raising student aid by 13 percent to $26.4 million, said Candace R. Corvey, associate dean for finance...