Word: rule
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...their students. Implicit in the colleges' argument is the assumption that education at all these schools is of equal value and hence should not be sold to the "highest bidder. Yet, in a competitive system, the same number of students would accept admission, and the rule of "need-based" aid should insure that the most money would go to the most needy students...
...fringed panther-print polymid shawl ($470) is hot stuff. Patrick Kelly has scored with skinny dresses in leopard stretch velvet ($340), and even purist Giorgio Armani uses mock lynx for a duffle coat in the Emporio Armani line ($685). After dark, the more the merrier seems to be the rule. Says Annie Allanche, a manager at Paris' Irie boutique: "Women are mixing leopard, tiger, giraffe and ocelot for evening...
...oldest rule in the exercise of power is that if a nation tells the world it wants to get rid of a corrupt government, as the U.S. did in Panama, that nation had better have the means and the will to carry it through once an opportunity develops." So spoke old cold warrior Richard Helms, former director of the CIA, last week...
...stake is not just cultural pride but also megabucks: by 1998 European broadcasters will purchase an estimated $4 billion in programs. U.S. exporters, who have come to rely on foreign sales of their shows, assailed the new rule. "The European Community today took a step backward in time," complained Jack Valenti, president of the Motion Picture Association of America. "They said no to competition and viewer choice and yes to trade barriers." In Congress, some even called for retaliatory measures...
...still wants Congress to approve his plan for a cut in the capital gains tax, and he did not rule out the possibility of signing legislation that combined his proposal with a Democratic version liberalizing individual retirement accounts. A few hours later, Senate leaders agreed on a plan to strip hundreds of specialinterest provisions from a $14.1 billion deficit-reduction bill, leaving the capital gains fight for the future...