Word: set
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...senior gift works publicly through House representatives, who ask for a $10 minimum gift from seniors. This year's goal for senior participation was set at 70 percent, and though it stands now at only 58 this is a vast improvement over last year's 33 percent...
Scoops and Beans, which rivaled Herrell's among the student set, closed because it could no longer afford to pay the rent. The ice cream shop earned its popularity because of its many flavors of Christina's ice cream and larger seating area...
...Greenspan was promoted to chairman of the Federal Reserve, where he followed the general course set by his predecessors of stabilizing the economy by reducing inflation...
While the Fed was set up to be an apolitical organization to control the nation's money, it far from upholds that aspect of its task--the position has become intensely political, many say. Greenspan acknowledges the political nature of his job arguing that it can be dealt with appropriately as a matter of style and personality...
...biggest cause for change was the end of rent control, under which Cambridge set a ceiling on rents landlords could charge. Phased out by December 1996, rent control's end has made it possible for landlords to charge what the market will bear--often far more than mom-and-pop stores can afford...