Word: ratings
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...course any clod can be a crusader, but Osborne is no literary Peter the Hermit. His fervor is complemented by a first-rate independent mind. For all the obvious intensity with which he holds his beliefs, he has no all-embracing doctrine that makes his views on every question predictable, and that serves him as a fetter as well as a crutch. He is a confirmed socialist, but he has acknowledged that "Socialism is an experimental idea, not a dogma." (I quote from a published symposium entitled Declaration, which contains essays by Osborne and Kenneth Tynan which are worth reading...
According to present estimates, the uniform rate would be set at approximately $220-260. This would represent a sizable rent increase for the student who just manages to come to Harvard independent of financial aid, and lives in a $150 room. It would be unrealistic to hope that some sort of blanket financial aid could be given to all the people for whom the new rate would constitute a serious financial problem. Although the sums involved are of considerable importance to individual students, they are small enough so that they may well escape the consideration of the financial aid office...
...declining rate of income in relation to rising costs of operation makes the University's position as the nation's most highly endowed institution somewhat deceptive, a Boston Fund report on U.S. colleges and universities revealed yesterday...
...Mississippi (8-2)-was well-balanced, showed occasional flashes of brilliance in the course of a schedule dotted with second-rate opposition, proved in whipping Mississippi State 21-0 that it merited its invitation to play Florida in the 'Gator Bowl...
...total of $10,888.02 had been collected yesterday afternoon, and evening donations were estimated at $700. Hurwitt predicted that if the drive continues at its present rate it will reach its $12,000 goal by this evening...