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Undergraduates presenting coupons can obtain tickets for $4 per game Tickets are available to others for $6 per game...
...Rent Control Board must determine, at its March 7 meeting, whether the property falls under Cambridge's stringent rent control regulations and if so, whether Harvard must first obtain permission to remove the buildings from rent control before taking any action...
...most ruthless organizations on earth. Its functions are comparable to most of those belonging to the CIA, the FBI, the Secret Service and parts of the departments of Justice and Defense. To control a population it can no longer inspire, the Kremlin relies upon security police and informers. To obtain military secrets and advanced technology it cannot develop efficiently at home, it employs espionage abroad. To subvert governments it cannot persuade through normal interaction, the U.S.S.R. has fielded a secret army--of mercenaries as well as Soviets--to advance its international goals...
...example, if a college needs a new physics lab, why should it compete with the needs of other universities? Why shouldn't it instead just have a local Congressman slip through a piece of legislation that "directs" a federal agency to grant the money? In this way universities can obtain millions without subjecting the proposal to the highly competitive peer review system...
Under the state constitution, cities requiring builders to obtain special permits must grant in exchange incentives and bonuses to developers. Usually, such incentives come in the form of zoning relief and the relaxation of building restrictions...