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...then the issue is more complicated, as a graduated scale and ultimately a cutoff must be devised.While not intimately acquainted with college administration, Avery says that for many colleges, while tuition is an important source of revenue, it is definitely not the only source–colleges may even spend more per student than they charge in tuition. So it may well be feasible for colleges with large endowments—certainly those exceeding $30 billion—to operate tuition-free. But again, colleges must face the philosophical question he initially posed; Larsen himself comes down strongly...
...even $80,000 may not be sufficient to cover healthcare costs. Congress must override Bush’s veto to help provide increased coverage for America’s most vulnerable children. But SCHIP is a mere band-aid for a health care system that is fatally flawed. Americans spend twice as much as other developed countries for health care–about $7,000 per person per year–but lack the high quality of care and system efficiency of many other industrialized nations. Wealthy patients receive far too much care (and the increased amount of care results...
...change is afoot as well. After decades of silence about its Civil War and 40-year dictatorship, Spain is experiencing a dramatic revival of interest in its recent past: witness the slew of books and movies documenting the crimes of the Franco regime, or the teams of volunteers who spend their weekends unearthing mass graves from the Civil War. It was only a matter of time before the Transition, the period of time when Spaniards implicitly agreed not to talk about the past in order to convert their government peacefully from dictatorship to democracy, came under scrutiny as well...
...Grass, for his own part, said he was happy to be back in the city of his birth to "spend time with friends." He said he was grateful to the city fathers for being understanding of his troubles, and for deciding to reach out to him despite the criticism he faced in many quarters. "In those difficult days, it was a great help for me," he said Thursday. "I felt cornered and then I got this signal of tolerance and openness from my home town...
...occupants free power indefinitely. Families bought their first refrigerators, televisions, even computers. Farmers stopped hauling buckets of water and installed automated irrigation systems. "We transformed people's lives," says Liu Fuyi, the project's chief. "We brought them into modernity." Over the next two years, the utility plans to spend $3 billion to do the same for 4.5 million of China's poorest people in 18 provinces - and that's just one of 30 promises the state-owned firm has made to its customers and business partners to improve society, including investment in eco-friendly energy projects. "There was both...