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...School of Education. The study, “Paying for College: The Rising Cost of Higher Education,” found that college related expenses have increased by 7 percent since the 1992-1993 academic year. Co-sponsored by Massachusetts Institute for New Commonwealth (MassINC) and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, the study also noted that families are paying more for public colleges, from 18% of their income in 1992-1993 to 21 percent in 2003-2004. Ian A. Bowles ’87, President and CEO of MassINC, says that his company decided to sponsor this study because...
...Almost 18 whole hours after the performance, Daou determined that the shtick - or, as one commenter put it, "a work of staggering genius that could only be pulled off by a man with testicles the size of Alpha Centauri" - was being ignored by the mainstream media in order to "shield Bush from negative publicity." Daou even intuited why they didn?t laugh: because they were shamed "when Colbert put them in their place...
After more than a dozen such episodes, five American Legion Riders from Kansas decided last August that they had had enough. At subsequent funerals, they gathered fellow bikers to form a human shield between Phelps' disciples and the bereaved, blocking the protesters' signs with flags and occasionally revving their engines to drown out the insults. Soon the riders outgrew the protesters. Phelps' church has only about 75 members, mostly his relatives. But the newly named Patriot Guard expanded exponentially and today claims 28,000 bikers and supporters. They attend every single military funeral for which the family gives permission...
...easy to imagine that doctors don't get sick. Surely the hygienic shield of the sterile white coat guards them from ever having to put on the flapping gown and flimsy bracelet, climb meekly into the crisp bed and be at the mercy of the U.S. health-care system. And if somehow they did enter the hospital as a patient, physicians ought to have every advantage: an insider's knowledge, access to top specialists, built-in second opinions, no waiting, no insane bureaucratic battles and no loss of identity or dignity when you turn into the "bilateral mastectomy in Room...
...network began offering FX series Black. White. and the miniseries Thief on its sister DirecTV satellite system 48 hours before the shows had their premieres on the cable channel. Plans are in the works to do the same for upcoming episodes of FX's hits Rescue Me and The Shield. According to recent studies by Points North Group and Horowitz Associates Inc., nearly half (47%) of adults between 18 and 34 said they'd pay to see a show before it runs on traditional broadcast networks. And as long as consumers are willing to part with more money...