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...percent came from interest earned on the endowment (17.2%), private gifts (19.7%) and government and institutional grants (30.9%). As income from these sources has decreased as a percentage of total revenue over the past few years, Harvard has had to look to other places to pick up the slack. Moreover, the University's expenses have increased more than 180 percent, $558 million, since 1978. The inevitable, however unfortunate, result is that students must bear more of the burden...
...think the whole thing is self-discipline--disciplining myself to do things I don't necessarily want to," Hughes says. "Sometimes it's hard because you'll want to slack off, but [hockey's] such a commitment that you can't really afford...
...normally raucous House chamber fellsilent, Flaherty told fellow lawmakers that thestate must now pick up the slack for a negligentfederal government and local communitiesconstrained by Proposition 2 1/2, the 1980property tax cap referendum...
...Catamounts will be counting on Captain Ian Boyce and senior Kyle McDonough, who finished the season fourth on the ECAC scoring list with 22 goals and 17 assists (39 points), to pick up the slack. Sophomore Mike Millham (3.27 gaa), who played a key role in Saturday's victory, will be in goal...
Robert Towne's plot recalls the old James Cagney melodramas in which righteous Pat O'Brien fought for his soul and rotten Humphrey Bogart tried to perforate his body. But the moral is utterly today: it's about going straight without paying the price. As handsome and slack muscled as a surfer past his prime, the movie renounces ambiguity for confusion. In the end, like an old set of tires or a frayed friendship, Tequila Sunrise just wears...