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...total, roughly one-third of the $40 billion budget cuts over the next five years is being made on the back of the American student with 48 Department of Education programs scheduled for termination, the majority of which were designed to specifically target low-income, illiterate, and disabled children. Despite rhetoric from President Bush about the importance of education, his presidency has again and again undermined higher education in America...
...University and Cambridge.“It sort of forced Harvard to realize what their priorities were,” he says.Recent collaborations between Harvard and Cambridge include a 1997 deal in which the University sold 100 units of its residential properties to Cambridge for affordable housing at approximately one-third of their market value, according to Power. Harvard has also provided $20 million in grants and low-interest loans for development and purchase of affordable housing.“The University has really worked closely with Cambridge in the past few years to increase affordable housing...
...eats together, the worse the experience is likely to be, the less healthy the food and the more meager the talk. Among those who eat together three or fewer times a week, 45% say the TV is on during meals (as opposed to 37% of all households), and nearly one-third say there isn't much conversation. Such kids are also more than twice as likely as those who have frequent family meals to say there is a great deal of tension among family members, and they are much less likely to think their parents are proud of them...
...foray into foreign currency is a new direction for HMC, according to El-Erian. “A lot of what we do has embedded currency exposure in it,” he told The Crimson in an interview last month. El-Erian said that HMC aims to invest one-third of its portfolio in global assets. In her new position, Feld will be responsible for managing the foreign-currency fluctuation risk inherent in HMC’s international investments. “So the example is if you’re looking in real estate in India, if you?...
...legal field is sitting on a huge time bomb. One-third of Americans are just one unfortunate circumstance away from ending up in court demanding their rights - where they will be told that those relationships aren't real, and don't count...