Word: scholarships
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...income in rent, a figure that climbs as earnings rise, a nonsensical policy "that creates a work disincentive as tenants seek to keep their rents low," says Cisneros. "In some cases," adds the Secretary, "it's got so crazy that local housing agencies have calculated a kid's college-scholarship income in order to hit the family for more rent." To further encourage work, first-time job holders will enjoy an 18-month rent freeze regardless of their wages...
...Well, he was using the cheap IBM clone because he is a scholarship student who doesn't have much money, so that answer is easy. In fact, we chose that computer even though we had a deal with Apple because I said that his character wouldn't be able to afford--that computer should be a fifth-generation hand-me-down that he, like, bought for twenty-five bucks...
...Harvard truly believes that it is molding great minds who will contribute to world scholarship--and no one can deny that the Harvard mystique suggests great things for all its graduates--then a system of education must be developed in which the focus is not the collection of knowledge, but the ability to interpret it. This aim would best be served by revamping current testing procedures to include more open-book testing...
Harold's illness was also a great financial drain. Nixon had to turn down a scholarship offer from Harvard (Yale was also interested in him) and save money by attending tiny Whittier College; Duke University Law School was just starting when it offered Nixon one of the 25 scholarships available to a class of 44. At first he lived in a $5-a-month room. Later he shared a one-room shack that had no plumbing or electricity; he shaved in the men's room of the library. In three years at Duke, he never once went...
However, there is a patent difference between a ROTC scholarship and a grant from, say, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. One excludes on the premise of bigotry, the other is designed to offer a specific group the opportunity of an education...