Word: tuition
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...operation was successful, but it stymied Janowski's progress on the court. The following summer she had to work to help pay off her tuition-the price of saying 'no' to Syracuse...
...Oriol knew she wanted to be a doctor eventually, her plans upon graduation from Boston University in 1967 did not involve medical school. Because Oriol's father died early in her undergraduate years, she had to shorten her time as a student to be able to pay for her tuition. After finishing college in three years, Oriol confesses, "I was tired and I knew I wouldn't be a good student...
...course, Oriol admits that today's world is different from the world of the late '60s. In the late '90s, we probably eye her "listen to your heart" advice with some suspicion. Sure, a pressure exists, especially at Harvard, to go into professions that will make the hefty Harvard tuition worth the expense...
...savings plans vary from state to state. Check out the website collegesavings.org for details. It's a fast-moving area. In the next few months, eight states will join the 15 that already have state college-savings programs. Those are mostly in addition to the 19 that have prepaid-tuition plans. Only Massachusetts will probably offer both...
Reuther kept pressing for new and better benefits, and over time, the union won the things that employees today take for granted. Year by year, workers gained, among others, comprehensive health-care programs, tuition-refund programs, life insurance, profit sharing, severance pay, prepaid legal-service plans, bereavement pay, jury-duty pay--plus improvements in vacations, holidays and rest time. The negotiation of decent working, health and safety conditions, coupled with a sound grievance procedure, added immeasurably to the personal sense of dignity and self-respect of the worker...