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While the bowling alley in the White House will remain open, gone are the stables run by the National Park Service in Virginia, a perk much enjoyed by the Quayles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Saving a Few Perks for a Rainy Day | 2/22/1993 | See Source »

...however, isn't the only "perk" forathletes which is apparently paid for with fundsoutside of the athletic department's budget...

Author: By Joe Mathews, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Do All Athletic Teams Get Equal Support? | 12/14/1992 | See Source »

Packwood will emerge from the treatment center to face some new realities. Sexual harassment of female aides is no longer a tolerated perk of his traditionally macho club: the six women Senators, four of them just elected, will surely do their best to see that the locker-room ethos of the upper house goes the way of cloture. Members of both House and Senate now worry that more past indiscretions will surface. Thanks to Anita Hill, Washington women have greater assurance that their careers will not suffer if they call a powerful boss to order. And experts on sexual harassment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Conduct Unbecoming | 12/14/1992 | See Source »

...Another "perk" in the life of astudent-athletes is access to low-stress jobs inathletic facilities...

Author: By John B. Trainer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: RECRUITING, ALL-EXPENSE PAID TRIPS AND LOW-PRESSURE JOBS: | 12/11/1992 | See Source »

...Adams hotel. A wounded Marlin Fitzwater pronounced himself offended by the postgame round of one-upmanship. But when it turned out that the cost of extra security for the hotel made the arrangement a financial wash, the old order and the new declared a truce over who was more perk averse. "If they were offended," said Clinton spokeswoman Dee Dee Myers, "we apologize...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mr. Clinton Goes to Washington | 11/30/1992 | See Source »

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