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...Embedded in this one is "modest reductions to programs such as orientation and opening day activities, Dudley House events, and commencement...

Author: By Aparicio J. Davis | Title: Budget Plinko, Part I | 5/11/2009 | See Source »

...committees will see a smaller entering class of PhD students in September 2009. The majority of graduate programs have seen a reduction in the size of their graduate class. At the same time, it should be noted that the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences will provide a modest increase in the PhD stipend for both continuing students as well as those entering in September. This tradeoff was made in support of FAS’s long-term commitment to the academic and professional growth of the existing cadre of graduate students, now nearly 3,500 strong. There will also...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: List of FAS Budget Measures, May 11 | 5/11/2009 | See Source »

...postulates as "partner countries" rather than "European countries". They similarly struck any language that even remotely hinted at possible E.U. membership for any time in the future, and revised a "long-term goal" previously described as "visa-free travel" by EaP citizens to the E.U. down to more modest "visa liberalization" for certain business people...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The E.U. Backtracks on its Eastern European Partners | 5/11/2009 | See Source »

...Administration have not made up their minds about what to do if the banking system suffers more stress or begins to collapse as it threatened to do late last year. The results from the bank "stress tests" showed that the capital needs of America's banks are modest, about $74 billion, compared to more pessimistic figures provided by the IMF and bank experts. Banks may have the option of asking the government to convert preferred shares owned by the taxpayer due to original TARP investments into common shares, or they can raise private capital. That could completely negate the need...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Trying to Uncover the Hidden TARP Fund | 5/8/2009 | See Source »

...homes will be built in three sizes, all extremely cramped by Western standards: 283 sq. ft. (one room, including kitchen plus a bathroom), 360 sq. ft. (ditto), and a 465-sq.-ft. model with a tiny bedroom. In addition to the modest proportions, Tata is relying on economies of scale and careful sourcing of materials to keep costs low. The Mumbai project, for instance, will get its steel from group company Tata Steel, which has plant at nearby Tarapore. Land-acquisition costs will be minimized by giving the original landowner a percentage of each project's returns. The homes will...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: From India: First Nano's $2,000 Car. Now the $7,800 Nano Home | 5/8/2009 | See Source »

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