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...receive scholarship aid, 35 percent have a family income of over $100,000. And assuming that those students who receive aid are among the neediest at Harvard, then 70 percent of students either make $100,000 or more—or can comfortably handle Harvard’s steep price tag while making less...
...according to Sharansky, even well-trained activists face steep obstacles in mobilizing Zionist efforts on campuses...
...price is steep. Founding patrons, who make a onetime gift of $30,000 or more, and patrons, who donate $5,000 annually (all tax deductible), are invited to the yearly unveilings of projects that include insider visits to collections never open to the public, and f?tes at the palatial homes of Florentine aristocrats like the marquises Frescobaldi and Antinori...
There are, however, some exceptions. Which is why shelling out $42 for anything less than a week’s supply of sole meunière may seem a little steep. A week of Pinocchio’s pizza, sure. A gigantic box of Nestlé Crunch ice cream bars, you bet. But I don’t want sole meunière for a week. It is a dish of peerless simplicity and extravagance—delicate Dover sole pan-fried and served in a puddle of butter, lemon juice and parsley—that is clearly meant...
...what's driving the movement toward chichi sideshows? Baby boomers, for the most part. They are the ones who can afford the often steep price tag that comes with these adventures (trips average about $2,500 a week, not including travel to the point of departure). As bike trips have grown in popularity, tour operators such as Butterfield & Robinson butterfieldandrobinson.com in Toronto and Backroads in California--two of the oldest active-travel companies--have learned that they can snag more customers with a tour that includes evening theater trips and fine wines than if it's just about the bike...