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Repaying by Tithe. One widely discussed version of the plan would first be offered to graduate students, who are better financial risks because their future incomes are easier to predict than those of undergraduates. Whether a student's family were rich or poor, he could borrow up to $10,000, repaying each $1,000 at the modified tithe of .45% of his adjusted gross income. After 30 years, he would stop paying, whether or not his loan had been fully retired...
...would not have taken a planning genius to predict the result when Santa Barbara quadrupled its enrollment in ten years. Unable to get federal loans fast enough for building dormitories on campus, the university let students live in Isla Vista. The sleepy beach town became the home of 7,400 Santa Barbara students-54% of the enrollment -plus 4,000 nonstudents. The population density in I.V.'s half square mile is the highest in California. Two-thirds of the inhabitants are under...
...cheek. Ali started to lunge at Oscar. "Why you so nerbous?" said the Argentine. "You afraid Oscar and his beeg muscles?" Ali: "You're not good enough to touch me." Oscar: "Not good? Me white, you black. You smell. Why you no use perfume?" Ali: "Never predict on me. Never do that, you hear?" Oscar: "Why you no go in Army? You chicken? Cheep, cheep, cheep." Ali again reached for Oscar. "Don't touch me," warned Bonavena, "or I kill...
There is little doubt that Rogers Morton today looks a great deal better than Wally Hickel did at a comparable time in his career. Nobody expects Morton to match Hickel's gusto, drive and independence. But many predict that he will be more politically effective. According to one of his friends, "Rog feels the pressure of Hickel's record. He will not want it said that when Hickel stood up, Morton caved in to special interests...
Businessmen, local and state governments will benefit from lower rates, but consumers will benefit last and least. Home mortgage rates have declined only a minuscule amount from this year's peaks, and now average about 81% nationwide. Lenders predict little change soon, among other reasons because it usually takes at least six months for mortgages to reflect changed conditions in the money market...