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...allocation is unsurprising given that the underlying formula was devised more than 20 years ago. Known as the “base guarantee,” the formula in place now gives established colleges the same share of aid every year, and it has become progressively more out of touch with current changes in college demography. Increasingly, low-income students are enrolling in cheaper community and for-profit two-year and four-year colleges. Yet these schools are neglected in the current system, as little money remains after funding established colleges. In their present form, federal student-aid programs...
...term “metrosexual” first became popular when David Beckham dubbed himself a member of this elusive breed in a British men’s magazine. The fact that a popular, heterosexual male could be in touch with his feminine side and still be married—to the former lead singer of the Spice Girls—gave metrosexuality the legitimacy it needed. This legitimacy was further cemented by the success of the TV show “Queer Eye For The Straight Guy,” in which five gay men makeover a heterosexual...
...follow pertinaciously,” “pursue” or “track.” The New York Times reports that a new round of Bush campaign ads aims to counter “charges by Democrats that Mr. Bush has lost touch with the people, a charge that had dogged his father in 1992.” Kerry, on the other hand, has to be careful about how he presents himself with regard to gun laws—”a lightning-rod cultural issue,” says The Boston Globe...
McCulloch, known for his defense and his hard, physical play, is not known for his offensive touch. Nor is he given many opportunities to be an offensive force—his place is on the penalty kill, not the power play, after all. But McCulloch is batting 1.000 in his own (hockey) way: he has scored five goals in a collegiate career that has spanned 113 games, but has delivered two vital goals in two of Harvard’s key, playoff situations. All have come against Dartmouth, no less; Big Green coach Bob Gaudet might well be the first...
...classic goal for Bernakevitch, a power forward with a plus-13 rating who may have the best touch around the net of any Harvard player...