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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...only as "seniors," or "students." It is as if "Harvard" were a dirty word. This, despite the fact that it is more than 20 years since the last undergraduate students and the last professors were handed over to Harvard. It is a great game and must have a great payoff, and it is wonderful to see how skillfully it is played. I wonder how many of us old grads donate to Radcliffe under the impression, even now, that the women's college still exists...

Author: By Claire KAPLAN Lipsman, | Title: Auctioning Off Radcliffe | 3/15/1999 | See Source »

...money" instead.) Salt Lake, with its squeaky-clean reputation as a heavily religious community, had the misfortune of being the first city to get caught, the victim of intense, some say excessive, scrutiny from an IOC looking for answers. And the saddest part of the story is that the payoff effort wasn't even necessary: Salt Lake beat Quebec in the bidding by a landslide...

Author: By Andrew S. Chang, | Title: Corruption Starts At the Top | 2/10/1999 | See Source »

...estimates that the cost of accommodation is $500 a person on average, Gallegos says. The payoff? "The benefit to the company of accommodating people is that we have a much richer pool of employees to choose from," says Emily Duncan, director of diversity and work life. "The investment we make in our people allows them to be more productive in the workplace. After all, talent comes in all kinds of packages...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Able To Work | 1/25/1999 | See Source »

...ties with Iran; and to lean on the Serbs over the Kosovo issue. "There may be an undercurrent of resentment," says Meier, "but their economic situation will compel the Russians to give up on some issues." Of course if they play ball politically and don't get the financial payoff, the post-Yeltsin U.S.-Russia relationship could turn pretty frosty...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Albright Sweats Moscow | 1/25/1999 | See Source »

However, a new follow-up program is one payoff from the time limits. Workers from the Mass. Dept. of Public Health will be conducting home visits and serving as a go-between for former recipients and sources of help...

Author: By Elizabeth A. Gudrais, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: After Welfare | 1/13/1999 | See Source »

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