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Harvard pays its janitors $8.15 to $9.05 per hour--$16,300 to $18,100 per year--which union members say is not enough to provide for a family...
...March 2, 1962, he set an NBA record by scoring 100 points in a game against the New York Knicks. He scored the most points in a season (4,029); had 50 or more points in a game 118 times; set the record for career rebounds (23,924), rebounds per game (22.9), average points in one season (50.4). Other numbers recalled last week: seven straight scoring titles and 11 rebound titles (in 14 seasons). To show how complete a player he was, his most remarkable stat may be that in 1968, he led the league in assists...
...evening is how to sell voters on even higher taxes. The superintendent, Bill Gussner, wants to ask residents in April for approval to borrow some $10 million, by issuing new bonds, to repair leaky roofs and antiquated heating systems. But he also wants to collect more than 50[cents] per $100 valuation in new tax levies, most of which would go to raise the pay of the district's 292 teachers...
...road, Imagitel's Millennium phone can be plugged in to avoid high hotel long-distance charges. Or you can turn one over to your away-from-home collegians with prepaid long-distance service in hopes they'll call. The catch? Imagitel is the provider, though its rates (9[cents] per min. at home, 19.9[cents] away) aren...
Most of these seniors have a room of their own at school: No. 216. Anne and many of her friends are members of the school's selective Pegasus program, an accelerated English class with about 25 students per grade. To be admitted, candidates send in a portfolio prior to their freshman year; entries range from stamp collections to Boy Scout badges to Anne's video of one of her theater performances. Since theirs is a four-year course of study, the Pegasites, as they are known, often travel in a pack. And you'll more likely find them rehashing...