Word: temperedness
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In thousands of U.S. families, the pride of sending a youngster to college is being tempered by the chilly reality of rising costs. Last week the College Board, a research and service organization, reported that the price for four-year public schools has jumped 8% over last year, to an...
It was the merriest Christmas in years for Yelena Bonner, wife of Soviet Dissident Andrei Sakharov. Bonner, who was permitted to leave the U.S.S.R. last month for treatment of heart and eye trouble, gathered around the tree with her mother Ruf, son Alexei, daughter Tatiana, their spouses and her three...
The Union years saw head-spinning political changes in Niebuhr. Although he ran for Congress on the Socialist ticket, he later came to accept the capitalism, tempered by welfare programs, of the New Deal. Niebuhr led the pacifist Fellowship of Reconciliation, but later railed against isolationist clergy and supported America...
Congressional concern is tempered by the fact that both houses have passed legislation appropriating $100 million in aid to the contras, including $70 million in military assistance. The money will be administered by the CIA, as was contra aid between 1981 and 1984. All that remains now is final ratification...
Greenberg, whose net worth has been estimated at more than $3 billion, certainly didn't need more money. Indeed, he and the entities he controls have given away hundreds of millions of dollars to charities. It's no coincidence that on the New York social scene, few people are willing...