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...also probably be roughly three times as much as the annual $15,000 it takes to run Wellesley’s department. So, rounding up to account for inevitable unforseen expenses, a PE department could likely function on an annual budget of $3,300,000—a fairly steep pricetag, but well within the University’s capabilities...
...that money spent on college, the real world is simply too competitive and too expensive for our child to make it. Home prices are so outrageously high in the big cities that it seems impossible the next generation will be able to afford one. Tuition is so steep that graduate school seems unlikely. Even the good jobs are going to India, where the kids are harder-working and even more desperate...
...only the Japanese public agreed. A survey by the Mainichi Shimbun last week found that Abe's popularity had dropped to 53%, down 14 points from when he took power at the end of September. Some deflation was to be expected after his quick start, but the steep dip is feeding the perception that as strong as Abe appears abroad, at home he seems disengaged and clueless about the real concerns of voters. Despite his insistence that Japan has no intention of developing nuclear weapons, Abe seems unwilling or unable to rein in cabinet ministers who keep raising the unpopular...
...pronounce anything, because most of the wait staff are just learning themselves. They're happy to help navigate the extensive kaiseki, sushi and à la carte menus. Today's Bond Street sushi princesses take lunch breaks for $48, but a kaiseki set course costs between $170 and $245. Steep, but cheaper than flying to Kyoto for dinner. tel: (20-7) 499 8881; www.umurestaurant.com
...residential housing. Co-op board fees don’t show up on term bills, but are set and collected entirely within the Co-op. As a result, the savings from board are even more dramatic: $690 at the Co-op versus $2,309 in residential housing. With such steep savings, it seems obvious why there’s always a waitlist of students vying for a spot in the Center for High Energy Metaphysics, as the sign out front of one of the buildings reads. But it’s unclear whether it is ultimately the low-price...