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...borrow more than they ever expect to repay; the default rate on government-backed loans is roughly 22% and bound to rise. As for outright federal grants, many more families will be eligible. But Congress has not set aside enough money to cover everyone and so is cutting the maximum grant amount. Neither the states nor the colleges themselves have enough money to make up the difference...
...according to Jillson, there is no longer a housing emergency in Cambridge--the vacancy rate is currently 6 percent, she says. In the SPOA report, figures indicate that the maximum rents landlords can collect--"fair net operating income"--do not cover the minimum costs of maintaining the property...
...control their own medication with PCAs, or patient-controlled analgesia. These are digital pumps that are connected to a catheter. Physicians set a base amount of drugs that enter the body continuously. When pain increases, the patient can push a button and get more medication, up to a maximum set by the doctor. Gone are the every-four- hours injections of morphine that left a patient in agony for the final hour of each cycle as the drug wore...
Part of the problem rests with the way all debates since 1960 have been organized. Multiple questions and time-limited answers (no candidate has ever been granted more than three minutes to respond; this year the maximum is two minutes) do not lend themselves to serious exploration of issues. Also, reporters have often been maladroit questioners -- precious minutes were squandered in the second 1988 debate when Bush and Dukakis were asked to name their heroes...
...court convicts Garvey of the official charge of conspiracy to commit securities fraud, he faces a maximum sentence of five years in prison and a fine that could exceed $500,000, said Prosecuting Attorney David Meister...