Word: pelle
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Pell Grants in particular have so far been spared. In fact, both the House and the Senate passed bills raising the maximum grant by $100, from $2,340 to $2,440. That increase represents the largest per-student increase in history, according to spokesperson for Rep. Bop Livingston (R-La.), chair of the House Appropriations Committee...
...order to fund that increase, the House approved a measure raising the minimum Pell Grant from $400 to $600. Under this plan, students who receive grants of between $400 and $599 would no longer be eligible for the grant...
...teams that are trying to wrest the title away, Dartmouth and Penn have the best shots along with Harvard. Dartmouth's only graduate was first-team All-Ivy goaltender Lauren Demski, and the Big Green return back Cynthia Roberts and potent scoring threat Allison Pell. However, the team must still cope with the tragic July suicide of captain-elect Sarah Devens...
...same bill, the House reduced the number of Pell grants, which are need-based student aid awards...
...perhaps it was Marlene Brown, 30, a mother of an eight-year-old son. She receives $337 a month in AFDC payments and $200 a month in food stamps. Currently enrolled in a vocational school where she is learning word-processing and stress-management skills, Brown also has a Pell grant of $760 and a $1,700 federal loan to pay for her education. Sipping a Bud Light with her sister-in-law at The Bowler, Brown takes the news of the probable cuts in stride. "If they cut it all out, I would make do," says the plain-speaking...