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...evil intentions or his genius, depending on one's persuasion. Duke University's astute James David Barber calls Reagan "the great diverter," an actor who plays to television impresarios (who, he says, tend to be gullible) by tossing out distracting ideas like New Federalism, star wars and merit pay for teachers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Presidency by Hugh Sidey: Keeping the Nation Mesmerized | 7/18/1983 | See Source »

...scale consumers interested in quality. But Reynolds' Johnston points out that the new brands are high-stake gambles, since it now costs $80 million to launch a totally new cigarette. Only six new brands have captured .5% of the market in the past decade. Those were More, Now, Merit, Barclay and Golden Lights...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Puffing Hard Just to Keep Up | 7/18/1983 | See Source »

...Marlboro 20.9%, Winston 11%, Salem 7.4%, Kool 6.6%, Benson & Hedges 5.4%, Merit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Puffing Hard Just to Keep Up | 7/18/1983 | See Source »

However, officials at Brandeis said that they planed to continue their new merit-based aid program, citing excellent yield among the students receiving the larger awards Twenty-three students, who did not qualify for financial aid and were awarded $4000 a piece, will be attending Brandeis next fall, Kirsten Rupert, associate director of financial aid, said yesterday. Eighteen financial and students granted an additional $2500 each will also enroll this fall, she added...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Merit Aid Scrapped | 7/15/1983 | See Source »

Both Mt Holyoke and Smith found that the small awards were insufficient to increase yield, James Miller, director of financial aid at Harvard said yesterday. He added that the two colleges probably realized that if the planned to award merit-based scholarships, "they would have to do it in a big way like Brandeis...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Merit Aid Scrapped | 7/15/1983 | See Source »

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