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...smaller Boston was than New York. Jane and I are agreed that we can't go home again-we've been too long in New York, more than 25 years apiece-but, God, we love it up there. We parked under the Common, and then strolled up the wide median of Comm Ave. The trees and earliest daffodils were abloom, and all was right with the world. We were the reigning world champs...
...past decade, the population has grown by 15,000 souls and covered 4,500 acres of desert in new housing. The newspapers are flush with property advertisements, the roads out of town dotted with signs for new developments with names like Coyote Creek and Saguaro Buttes. The median single-family-home price in 2004 was $176,500, up 14% from the year before. County planners estimate that the population, now at 943,795, will top 1.6 million...
...honors program designed to attract higher-quality students and professors. As cash-strapped states cap enrollment at public universities--despite a rise in the number of 18-year-olds--community- college honors programs offer talented students a respectable place to start their higher education. As a result, the median age of community-college students has dropped, from 27 in 1990 to 23 today...
...your assets be confiscated but wipes out most debt, such as medical and credit-card bills (though you're still obligated to pay any child support, taxes and student loans). Under the new law, less debt can be erased under Chapter 7. And if your income is above the median in your state--and you can afford to pay at least $6,000 over five years--you will be forced into Chapter 13, which requires a repayment plan for all debt. (The national median income for a family of four is $65,093, with state medians ranging from...
...Harvard, the median graduating debt for the Class of 2004 was $8000, according to Director of Financial Aid Sally C. Donahue...