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...Making this cut, which would save the state about $14 million, is painful but necessary. Already, each of the 29 public colleges has a chancellor who manages their own school. By eliminating the office that is most removed from directly effecting students, the governor has made education cuts as painless as possible to the state’s students...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, | Title: A Cut Above | 3/4/2003 | See Source »

...shuffling over to the next table. Salsa dancing and games (tarot cards, anyone?) are also on offer. Daters mark their card if they find someone interesting, and if the attraction is mutual the pair can swap e-mails later. For those who don't connect, three minutes is (relatively) painless. Over two nights last week, 3,000 single people gathered at London's Vinopolis wine museum for what can only be considered the speed dating World Cup. Time dispatched two intrepid correspondents to the desiring line. Their reports: HIS SIDE: My first date - let's call her "Brownie" - spends...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Brief Encounters | 2/2/2003 | See Source »

...cartilage--the natural shock absorber that cushions the insides of your joints--begins to break down. Doctors used to think of it as a disease of old age, but they now believe that this form of arthritis, the most common of about 100 types, begins its relentless, initially painless course when you're still in your 30s, 20s or even younger. Most of the time you won't suspect anything is wrong until you're in your 40s or 50s and begin to feel those telltale twinges, signs that the disorder may be starting to affect your bones. By then...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Age Of Arthritis | 12/9/2002 | See Source »

...company in their fiscal misery. Laws in all states except Vermont require a balanced budget. To achieve that in the current fiscal year, which in most cases runs through June 30, states must slash spending and tack on fees and taxes. What they are pondering ranges from the relatively painless (new taxes on tobacco and expanding gaming and lotteries) to the inconvenient (shortening hours at DMV and welfare offices) to the positively painful (closing hospitals, parks-and-recreation departments and libraries, cutting Medicaid, raising college tuitions and laying off thousands of state employees...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How To Balance A Budget | 12/9/2002 | See Source »

...students who do not live in the greater Boston area, it is incredibly impractical, inconvenient and expensive to make it home after mid-Wednesday. While members of the administration might have a quick and painless commute to their nearby homes, students from all over the country—and the world—are forced to chose between missing classes and seeing family for the first time in months. Additionally, many students who wished to travel on Wednesday left early, this year, for fear that poor weather would cause flight delays and dangerous traffic conditions—a common Thanksgiving...

Author: By Lia C. Larson, | Title: A Full Week’s Helping of Thanksgiving | 12/4/2002 | See Source »

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