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Indiana, on the other hand, is, simply put, a rather large lump of coal. While its status as a member of the Big Ten Conference and its promises of a higher salary might be seductive, winning at Indiana is, as DiNardo proved, all but impossible...

Author: By Timothy J. Mcginn, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: McGINN 'N TONIC: Santa, Please Bring Back Harvard’s Football Coach | 12/16/2004 | See Source »

...weight and hair he lost as a result of treatment have returned. All being well, he'll start driving and a hospitality course in the New Year, and it won't be long before he's playing sport as exuberantly as he was until, at 15, he noticed a lump on his right arm that turned out to be a symptom of Hodgkin's disease, a cancer of the lymphatic system. Treatment cured him and he was briefly healthy again, but early last year he was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (all), a cancer of the blood and bone marrow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cancer Kids' Catch-17 | 11/23/2004 | See Source »

...With semester lump amounts, it’s easier to overestimate,” Truesdell says. “And that takes away from funding other student groups...

Author: By Elena Sorokin, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Activities Fee Hike Opens Spending Debate | 11/22/2004 | See Source »

...answer is, from us. Full public financing, also referred to as “clean and fair elections,” gives candidates the option to forgo all outside fundraising in exchange for a hefty lump sum of taxpayer dollars. To qualify for funding candidates must first demonstrate broad-based public support by collecting a pre-determined number of small contributions (under most schemes these are pegged at about $5 each). If a candidate who buys into the system is outspent by a challenger who doesn’t, she receives additional public matching funds usually of up to three...

Author: By Sasha Post, | Title: Putting the Money Back into Politics | 11/3/2004 | See Source »

...twofold," says Jan Culver, a CPA and senior vice president for McDonald Financial Group Trust Services. "Assuming the kids are reliable about making payments, this gives parents a steady stream of retirement income at a fixed rate of interest, which is a lot less risky than taking a lump sum and investing it in the stock market. It can also potentially save money for the kids because the rate of interest that must be charged on a private loan can be 1% to 2% lower than what a mortgage lender charges...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Home Advantage | 10/18/2004 | See Source »

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