Word: pelle
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...years has been rendered virtually impotent by dissension. By working to put together strong majorities on foreign-policy issues, he has brought greater clout to the panel than it has enjoyed in a decade. "He's a good chairman," says the committee's ranking Democrat, Rhode Island's Claiborne Pell. "He's fair and patient and would prefer a consensus to winning a point by a vote." Lugar has also earned high praise for helping position the Administration behind Corazon Aquino during the last days of Ferdinand Marcos' rule in the Philippines...
...legislation raises the monetary amounts allotted to Pell Grants and Guaranteed Student Loans (GSL) available to eligible students while tightening the requirements needed to qualify for federal financial...
...Congress' legislation for student-aid financing "underscores Harvard's continuing need-blind admission," said John Shattuck, vice president for government and community affairs. It will "guarantee Harvard's middle-income students Guaranteed Student Loans and lower-income students Pell Grants," he said...
Currently, two-thirds of the Harvard student body receives financial aid. This amounts to 2751 students who receive GSLs and 680 who receive Pell Grants...
...Senate voted to raise the maximum grant a poor student can receive from $2100 to $2300 for fiscal 1987, increasing it to $3100 by fiscal 1991. By automatically excluding families with incomes exceeding $30,000, 35,000 students will be cut from the Pell Grant rolls...