Word: pay
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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John J. Conway, Master of Leverett House, was not convicted that many students would agree to pay as much as $150 more per year "for the sake of having one less roommate...
...Collins has given specific examples. Referring to Powers' instrumental role in defeating the pay raise proposal for the University of Massachusetts faculty, Collins accused him of the "boldest and most cynical attack" on education in the state's history...
...attempt to extract money from some of these institutions, Collins has suggested that, without altering their tax-exempt status, they should pay to the city a "donation in lieu of taxes," similar to the procedure that both Harvard and M.I.T. follow in Cambridge. But this proposal is not as simple as it may sound, for, while the city is poor, so are the colleges...
...movie's pivotal figure is Woody Thrasher (David Wayne), a rising young executive who is torn between his innate sense of honor (of course no man of honor would want to work in Madison Avenue) and financial pressure (it is almost axiomatic that men of honor have mortgages to pay). Thrasher's story, with some minor changes, has been told repeatedly in the past few years...
...body of nine men and women elected from the city at large without reference to wards or parties. It serves both as a legislature and as a board of directors. As a legislature, it passes laws and ordinances for the city, and appropriates taxes and other funds to pay for services; as a board of directors, it establishes policy for city administration...