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...their rates are already regulated by state and local governments, utility companies are usually not bound by federal regulations. However, the largest ones are required, like other giant corporations, to notify the Price Commission if they request or are granted permission to raise their rates; the commission conceivably could trim down the inflationary ones...
...provost, Bowen has been the chief ax wielder during a period of severe financial crisis at the school. He used his expertise on the economics of higher education to help trim back a projected $5,500,000 deficit for the current school year to a more manageable $900,000 loss. Bowen managed to maintain a reputation for accessibility and for fair-minded analysis even among those at the university who were hurt by the cuts. In the economy drive, athletics funds were trimmed and the entire graduate program in Slavic studies is being phased out to avoid weakening other disciplines...
...specialized in studies of concrete, practical concerns; his best-known book is an analysis of the financial problems of the performing arts in the U.S. Youthful enough to pass for a junior instructor, Bowen, who is married and has a son, 13, and a daughter, 7, keeps in trim by playing tennis (he was twice a college-conference singles champion as an undergraduate) and by frequently biking to his office...
...dumbfounded when Shula announced that there would be four practice sessions a day, beginning before breakfast and lasting until nightfall. Overweight players were fined $10 for every pound in excess of what Shula determined was their "optimum performance level." When 250-lb. Running Back Larry Csonka was ordered to trim off 15 Ibs., he sputtered, "But I haven't been that light since high school." Replied Shula: "You will function better at that level." Csonka pared down...
Along with shrinking clothing sizes and reduced food budgets, overweight people who go on a diet can now have another tangible measure of their progress: life-insurance rates that trim down along with their waistlines. Under a new program being offered to members of Weight Watchers International, Inc., the firm that in the past eight years has signed up some 3,000,000 fatties for weight-reduction programs, premiums for term life-insurance policies are based not only on age but also on bulk. Members who lose the required number of pounds and keep them off for at least...