Word: minuses
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...bill gives colleges $1400 or half the basic expenses--whichever is less--minus what the government figures the family can pay determined by a formula based on adjusted family income...
...even a few* -for the lion's share of the honors? The question is particularly pertinent for high-energy physics. In 1964, for example, it took no fewer than 33 scientists, operating the large Brookhaven atom smasher, to discover another fleeting bit of matter-the omega-minus particle...
...bill also will allow specific emergency grants to colleges "in danger of collapse" because of financial difficulties. The measure provides new aid to students, including an outright grant of up to $ 1,400 a year to every student, minus whatever his family can be expected to contribute. Whether or not the funds to meet this goal will be appropriated is still to be seen. The bill also bans discrimination against women in the admissions policies of public colleges and all graduate schools...
Adjusted family income is defined on the Federal income tax form as 90 per cent of gross income minus a $675 deduction for each dependent, allowing some leeway for families with more than one child to support. For example, a family with an income of $19,000 and two children would qualify, as would a family with an income of $21,000 and four children...
...turned the ball over six times and generally did its best to give the game away. Harvard succeeded, blowing a 10-0 lead to lose, 21-10. Stoekel did not pass well, and he did not receive much support from his blockers, who left him unprotected seven times for minus 55 yards. After the seventh time, Stoekel limped off the field to the hospital, lost for the rest of the season. The game was distinguished by the return of Eric Crone, who threw two interceptions and two incompletions in four desperation attempts in the last minutes...