Word: money
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...needed to redress the problems with the current system. Participation in the Citizens Corps may be the only way in which some young people can afford higher education. Moreover, participating students will not have to find other sources of income or have lingering debts plaguing their future; the money they earn is up front and can pay for major portions of tuition costs at most colleges and universities. National service vouchers redress the regressive impact of current federal programs which allow only the most fortunate of low-income youth the opportunity to pursue their education...
Although the supporting cast cannot match the brothers' intensity or composure, its members are adequate. Byrd is not quite slimy enough as the money-hungry producer, but he does a nice job in his second-act apologies to Connell. Eliza Clark, who plays the brothers' mother, makes her inevitable appearance late in the second act. Her deadpan senility (She has come from Alaska to the oppressive Midwestern heat without removing her winter coat) is difficult to accept, but she wisely remains in the background during the fascinating resolution of the brothers' conflict...
That is why anyone who has ever played golf should feel sorry for Hoch. If we had a dollar for all the easy putts we have missed, we would have enough money to solve the federal deficit and the Latin American debt crisis, with plenty left over to purchase a few fast-food franchises...
...dean's office has since dropped its investigation, Gilbert said. "Getting the money back would have required steps the College was not willing to take," he added...
...girl, or making racial slurs, or even claiming that another region of the country has no culture. (I think we can all agree that this is not an inconceivable scenario.) Let's further suppose that I already knew some things about Harvard--say, that this University still has money invested in South Africa, while Duke divested back in 1986. Would I be justified in sending to the Duke Chronicle a screed on what an intolerable place Harvard...