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Jackiw and the orchestra were met with uproarious applause at the conclusion of the third and final movement of the concerto. The entire house rose to its feet with hoots and hollers and shouts of “Bravo! Bravo!” Despite many entreaties, Jackiw could not be coaxed into an encore...
...survey, conducted by RAND’s Council for Aid to Education, found that total contributions to higher education in the U.S. rose 3.4 percent last year, to reach a total of $24.4 billion...
...contributions from alumni increased only two percent across surveyed institutions. While the average gift size rose, the percentage of alumni who contributed declined to 12.8 percent...
...were, with very few exceptions, poor and living on a farm. The onset of the Industrial Revolution, supported by a rise in agricultural productivity, unleashed an explosive period of modern economic growth. Both population and per-capita income came unstuck, rising at rates never before imagined. The global population rose more than sixfold in just two centuries, while the world's average per-capita income rose even faster, increasing around ninefold between 1820 and 2000. In today's rich countries, the economic growth was even more astounding. The U.S. per-capita income increased almost 25-fold during this period...
...wretched world of the non-custodial parent, Rob's ex-wife hasn't been his only source of frustration. A bungle by his solicitors, he says, locked him into making child support payments that rose if his income increased, but stayed the same if it fell. Sure enough, he was retrenched from his high-paying job and for a few months received unemployment benefits. Filing for bankruptcy was an option, but there was a catch. After five years a bankrupt receives automatic discharge from nearly all debts, though one exception is child support. Fortunately, Rob landed...