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...government agencies, influenced by a shrinking economy, begin to tighten their belts on support for education, Olin's Pierson says foundations will similarly be affected...
...past two years. As for the Fiorentinos, when their 1980 Volkswagen broke down, they replaced it with a modest 1986 Isuzu Trooper. Autoworker Bruce Boyd, 30, of Leonard, Mich., says his family has been trying to avoid using credit cards for the past several months. "I'm trying to tighten up just because of the world situation," says Boyd. "I am more conscious of it. I'd just as soon pay cash...
...Majesty is trying to tighten her purse strings. Since 1983, maintenance costs for the fleet of cars has dropped from $83,463 to $70,736, while the bill for flowers has grown by a scant $370, to $74,002. But despite a barely concealed disdain for the media at the palace, the cost of newspapers has almost doubled...
Healthier papers too are questioning the need for some expensive coverage. The Washington Post said last week it will halt a long-standing growth trend in news staff and budget, scrutinize travel more closely and tighten the news space and manpower for nine local weekly sections. The Wall Street Journal announced a budget freeze and limits on news space. Dow Jones chairman Warren Phillips, who built the Journal into a globe-spanning enterprise, told the staff in a memo that "adverse market conditions" would continue, particularly in the U.S., in 1991. Thus, he said, "it's prudent...
...Head of the Charles, a perennially popular event with college students throughout the Northeast, has in the past drawn large and unruly crowds to the city, forcing the MDC to tighten security and enforce alcohol laws strictly...