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Vellucci often claims credit for the fact that both universities give the city payments "in lieu of taxes" based on the value of their tax-exempt properties in the city. Harvard pays about $850,000 each year, and MIT a little less...
...lieu of suspense there is plenty of attention to the veneer of the gilded age: high society in New York, Newport and Washington, with occasional forays into England and France. Vidal handles the gatherings of the very bright and very rich with meticulous attention to the furnishings and small outbursts of naughty wit. Mrs. John Jacob Astor appears, commenting on the trials of idle affluence: "Now I play bridge. It is exactly like being alive." Vidal also throws in teasers to keep knowledgeable readers on their toes. Roosevelt's outspoken daughter Alice is quoted on her desire to leave Washington...
Ueno herself wonders whether she might want to do something "a bit more practical, to help people," in lieu of going into academia and wonders whether a career in the law might be able to provide such an opportunity...
...kids in my hometown denied private universities in lieu of state schools. I think private universities have definite advantages that sometimes have to be forgotten because of costs," Javeline says...
...city manager's budget proposal, which he released yesterday, calls for city expenditures of about $192 million. Councilor Alfred E. Vellucci suggested requiring Harvard and MIT to double their Payments in lieu of taxes, which now total $1.5 million, as an additional source of revenue...