Word: sum
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Such zero-sum policies are the focus of widespread debate on campuses, with some schools ignoring outside help completely and others applying formulas to reduce their own offers. The growing use of merit scholarships to snag the best students will only intensify the controversy. Since merit-based and need-based aid come out of the same till, there is a larger downside risk that this trend will come at the expense of the poor. So far, the effect is marginal, but, as Tim McDonough of ACE notes, "there's enough movement for people to be concerned about...
...midst of all the Powerball hoopla, though, no one seemed to come up with any nifty equations for what thousands of Americans might have done instead of spending hours wallowing on endless lines for $1 Powerball tickets, which are sold in 20 states and Washington. As the sum got larger and larger, so too did the crowds making pilgrimages across state lines to buy a piece of the dream. Sometimes skipping work, the hopeful drove from Los Angeles to Bullhead City, Ariz., from Chicago to Kenosha County, Wis., from Brooklyn and Queens to the posh New York City suburb...
...fortunate bunch, all men, ranging in age from twentysomething to fiftysomething, opted for an upfront lump sum of $161.5 million rather than the jackpot total spread out in payments over 25 years. That entitles each of them to $12.4 million pretax dollars--or the equivalent of a try-harder-next-year Christmas bonus for high-level bankers at Goldman Sachs. All the Lucky 13 remained anonymous, except John Jarrell, a 34-year-old father of three, who told reporters that one of his first purchases will be a Harley-Davidson for his wife that will match...
...letter sent by the club's executive committeeto its members on July 29 states, "In March...theformer Club President finally remitted to HarvardUniversity a sum of money which included themissing donation, as well as funds which belongedto the Club and/or the Harvard Club Foundation...
...elder brother, that's for my wife," he says matter-of-factly. "Mine is on the bottom." The three coffins cost him $625, all told, including the grave sites on the hill across from his house, not far from where his father is buried. It is a sizable sum, built up over the years from the surplus grain and vegetables he has been able to sell since farmers' markets were legalized in 1979 by Deng Xiaoping. Chen is content: after seven decades of working the soil and being nourished by it, he has made all the arrangements to return...