Word: stingier
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Once that is determined, each college will decide how much money it will kick in from its own coffers. Public schools tend to be stingier with aid, but their fees are much lower to begin with. Private schools, on the other hand, show big numbers up front but are more likely to discount. Altogether, nearly 70% of all students receive some type of aid, including loans, and the average amount of federal money awarded to students...
...Under today's system of federal matching grants, for example, Mississippi thinks twice about cutting a dollar from welfare because it then loses up to four dollars from the Federal Government. Without this incentive, experts foresee a benefit-stripping "race to the bottom," fueled by states' desire to be stingier than their neighbors to avoid attracting new dependents...
...team's strength last weekend was defense, as they held Charleston to 17 shots and North Carolina to 11, They'll look to produce an even stingier defense today...
Clearly there is no way to prevent human exposure to microbes. But the risks can be reduced. To minimize bacterial resistance, for example, doctors can be stingier with antibiotics. "We've been careless," says Dr. Robert Daum, a University of Chicago pediatrician. "Every childhood fever does not require antibiotics." Nor does a healthy farm animal...
...Publishers are becoming stingier. Some publishers are now exercising a 10 percent rule, which is if you want to use more than 10 percent of the book, you have to have the students buy the book," Owen says...