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What's more, seldom is the application rejected later on. In the very rare cases it is--if the student has already defaulted on another credit card or has a very bad credit record, says Coop Corporate General Manager Allen Powell--the student must make monthly payments on the amount already spent, but is allowed to spend more...

Author: By Elizabeth A. Gudrais, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Debt Management | 10/15/1999 | See Source »

...said "relatively few" students mention it as an issue, and students coming in for counseling seldom mention debt as their primary concern...

Author: By Elizabeth A. Gudrais, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Debt Management | 10/15/1999 | See Source »

...initiative of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, has just rated the most widely used middle school science textbooks. Not one got a satisfactory grade. It isn't that the books are chock full of mistakes; rather they don't teach kids critical thinking. Since textbook publishers seldom make changes unless sales are threatened, parents and educators need to push for better materials...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Brief: Oct. 11, 1999 | 10/11/1999 | See Source »

...Seldom has a company caught so much heat for a product it didn't invent, didn't make and didn't even yet have the rights to. But then again, seldom has there been a product as elegantly spooky as the bit of biotechnology known as Terminator. On Tuesday, agribiz giant Monsanto promised not to impose on its customers a technology that renders seeds sterile after the plant has ended its growth cycle. The boys down in the Monsanto accounting department saw this as an ingenious way to protect the company's investment by forcing farmers to buy new bags...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Monsanto Bows to a Biotech Backlash | 10/5/1999 | See Source »

...During the year of Newt, Clinton takes a backseat--and his voice, seldom heard, stays the distance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Clinton Voice Index | 10/4/1999 | See Source »

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