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> An announcement that the 6% pay increase scheduled this fall for 1.4 million federal civilian employees and 2 million military personnel will be trimmed to 5.5%. Not only that, says one Treasury official, but "you can look for him to call on state and local governments to do the same...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Carter Takes On Inf lation-At Last | 4/17/1978 | See Source »

Judgment is not limited to the 15 or so fulltime employees of the admissions office, nor to the 2,000 alumni interviewers across the country and in many parts of the world. It also extends to about 20 members of the Faculty and administration who are official members of the...

Author: By Jaleh Poorooshasb, | Title: The Tip Factor | 4/13/1978 | See Source »

When students make the usual phone calls home this semester to make the usual pleas for more money, they are going to have an unusually large request.

Author: By Amy B. Mcintosh, | Title: Now, More Than Ever | 2/18/1978 | See Source »

It's not that I have anything personal against sado-masochism, but how is that going to solve my problem? When I say problem, I mean I pulled a real boner. Believe it or not, I went to the Coop and bought a whole mess of cards. I bought them...

Author: By Michael A. Calabrese, | Title: Massacre of Valentine's Day | 2/14/1978 | See Source »

(4 of 12) nine months of 1977, Quebec suffered a net loss of 30,622 people. Some nervous English Quebeckers who decided to stay deposited their savings at banks in such U.S. border cities as Plattsburgh, N.Y., and Burlington, Vt. Last month a major uproar broke out when Canada's...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CANADA: Secession v. Survival | 2/13/1978 | See Source »

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