Word: percents
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...think everyone played well today," Mulvehal said. "Everyone gave 100 percent. I hope no individual tries to blame themselves for one incident. Harvard lost to Yale, not individuals...
...report, Bok revealed that only 44 percent of the 1985 Master in Public Policy graduates were currently pursuing careers in public service. Criticizing the curriculum for not encouraging more of the student body to work in the public sector, Bok wrote that in the face of a great need for first-rate public servants in our country, it was the school's responsibility to encourage its top students to embark on careers in government...
Such is the spirit that moves former U.S. Senator and current Head of the Massachusetts Board of Regents of Higher Education Paul Tsongas to consider pushing for a referendum, which would be on the state ballot in November 1990, requiring Massachusetts to set aside 7 percent of its annual budget for education. The farsighted Tsongas plan deserves to be on the ballot and transferred into...
...referendum would earmark seven percent of the annual state budget for primary, secondary, and higher education. One of Tsongas' goals is to win back for public primary and secondary education some of the funds eliminated by another populist revenue control referendum, Proposition 2 1/2, which limited taxes on local property taxes...
TSONGAS sees two reasons why the state's voters will rally around a budget entitlement for public education. Some will respond from a commitment to social justice, equal opportunity, and the need for a enlightened society. Tsongas says that while he supports this perspective, "it only reaches 50 percent of the voters...